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332:1st Baronet
308:(1860–1932)
299:(1856–1918)
293:(1849–1912)
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1730:Categories
1695:References
158:Shropshire
116:Pontefract
1682:1887–1909
1524:1863–1924
1513:1860–1932
1498:1857–1931
1483:1856–1918
1468:1849–1912
1333:1825–1901
1322:1823–1905
1316:Rev. Hon.
1311:1819–1881
1268:1818–1880
1086:1784–1852
1071:1782–1851
1058:1768–1834
953:1736–1793
847:died 1779
335:died 1646
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133:, of the
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232:in 1831)
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83:in the
139:Madras
1678:Hon.
1518:Hon.
1327:Hon.
1305:Hon.
144:The
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