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1457:Osborne
1452:Darling
1407:Macleod
1402:Jenkins
1327:Snowden
1317:Snowden
1307:Baldwin
1287:McKenna
1277:Asquith
1267:Ritchie
1252:Goschen
1140:Althorp
1130:Herries
1118:Canning
1098:of the
962:Walpole
940:Walpole
930:Wyndham
882:Montagu
877:Hampden
872:Delamer
837:Barrett
807:Mildmay
787:Berners
777:Catesby
737:Barnham
707:Stanton
697:Sandale
449::
251:in the
135:England
124:England
1477:Zahawi
1442:Clarke
1437:Lamont
1427:Lawson
1417:Healey
1412:Barber
1367:Butler
1357:Cripps
1352:Dalton
1162:Baring
1146:Denman
972:Pelham
967:Sandys
935:Onslow
925:Benson
920:Harley
857:Ashley
822:Caesar
817:Dunbar
782:Lovell
772:Fowler
767:Witham
757:Witham
752:Browne
732:Ashton
702:Hotham
502:With:
314:Family
1472:Sunak
1467:Javid
1447:Brown
1432:Major
1387:Lloyd
1337:Simon
1302:Horne
1187:Lewis
1078:Petty
1036:North
956:Pratt
915:Smith
910:Boyle
892:Boyle
887:Smith
867:Ernle
797:Baker
742:Somer
727:Ashby
581:1721
346:Cases
1487:Hunt
1422:Howe
1342:Wood
1212:Lowe
1207:Hunt
1172:Wood
1152:Peel
1066:Pitt
1056:Pitt
1046:Pitt
852:Hyde
494:for
173:Life
130:Died
121:1657
118:Born
1292:Law
978:Lee
455:".
204:in
1517::
409:.
386:^
342:.
278:,
181:,
158:PC
618:e
611:t
604:v
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