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133:(1835-07-12)
131:12 July 1835
88:Succeeded by
65:
26:The Reverend
18:
1394:1835 deaths
1389:1760 births
1368:Linda Doyle
1273:Samuel Kyle
1263:George Hall
1158:Henry Alvey
1148:Adam Loftus
1037:Edmund Knox
977:Simon Digby
858:Walter Cope
791:John Hoadly
786:Josiah Hort
626:Samuel Kyle
609:George Hall
569:Attribution
93:Samuel Kyle
81:George Hall
76:Preceded by
1383:Categories
1092:merged to
1072:King Irwin
972:John Vesey
756:Thomas Ram
741:Hugh Allen
251:Early life
175:Alma mater
114:1760-12-18
1032:John Jebb
660:John Jebb
430:physicist
314:Liverpool
160:(m. 1781)
140:, England
138:Liverpool
123:, Ireland
66:In office
56:25th
947:Limerick
166:Children
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470:, 1976
239:, then
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691:Ossory
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408:Family
310:London
257:Dublin
155:Spouse
121:Dublin
439:Notes
343:Works
872:Hon
851:Hon
825:Hon
491:ISBN
472:ISBN
128:Died
108:Born
687:See
588:".
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