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The perils of organising credit unions in developing countries
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Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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1015:British Pathe, 21 September 1959
956:Home Office cat history revealed
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121:28 February 1949 – 1952
520:Western Pacific High Commission
1040:Administrator of Saint Vincent
938:Obituary: Sir Charles Kerruish
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485:1926 general strike
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594:West Indies
361:Citizenship
352:31 May 1991
336:4 July 1903
294:Preceded by
241:Preceded by
188:Preceded by
137:Preceded by
83:Preceded by
1549:Categories
701:References
571:government
461:Long Eaton
397:Occupation
386:Alma mater
332:1903-07-04
1416:Allardyce
1312:MacFadyen
1262:Granville
592:, in the
586:Nyasaland
528:see below
516:Lapérouse
438:Biography
278:1959–1966
274:In office
264:20th
221:In office
211:19th
168:In office
158:17th
130:George VI
117:In office
107:14th
76:George VI
67:1944–1948
63:In office
53:14th
1515:Maddocks
1505:Freeston
1500:Grantham
1481:Mitchell
1471:Richards
1459:Fletcher
1427:im Thurn
1405:Thurston
1400:Mitchell
1395:Des Vœux
1385:Robinson
1317:Haddacks
1282:Stallard
1242:Somerset
1232:Ridgeway
657:Wrentham
649:Manx cat
600:Governor
508:Vanikoro
377:Children
1520:Jakeway
1487:Rankine
1422:Jackson
1410:O'Brien
1332:Lorimer
1227:Walpole
696:, 1984.
661:Suffolk
554:(MBE).
534:of the
467:at the
364:British
283:Monarch
230:Monarch
177:Monarch
126:Monarch
72:Monarch
1525:Foster
1510:Garvey
1494:Nicoll
1465:Barton
1454:Hutson
1390:Gordon
1327:Gozney
1277:Garvey
1267:Bromet
1257:Butler
1197:Murray
1187:Dawson
667:Family
641:casino
512:Tulagi
369:Spouse
1433:Major
1307:Daunt
1302:Jones
1292:Cecil
1207:Ready
1202:Smelt
540:Tonga
506:, on
421:
417:
39:
35:
1476:Luke
1322:Wood
1287:Paul
1252:Hill
1222:Loch
1212:Hope
1192:Shaw
1182:Hope
673:Fiji
524:Suva
497:Fiji
473:B.A.
419:KCVO
415:KCMG
349:Died
326:Born
87:Sir
37:KCVO
33:KCMG
1439:May
1297:New
1247:Fry
569:'s
522:in
455:to
423:MBE
41:MBE
25:Sir
1551::
940:,
772:^
692::
688:,
663:.
647:a
341:,
1366:e
1359:t
1352:v
1162:e
1155:t
1148:v
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334:)
330:(
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