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The Papers of
William Douglas Weir, 1877-1959, 1st Viscount Weir of Eastwood
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supply to plan the rationalisation of the United
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In 2011 he was one of seven inaugural inductees to the
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617:. No. 54503. London. 3 July 1959. p. 9.
448:Coat of arms of William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir
389:and in 1942 he was chairman of the Tank Board.
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866:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
690:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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283:(1939). He was also chairman of the
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442:Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame
352:as a Knight Grand Cross in 1934.
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312:. He was appointed to the
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589:"No. 34527"
569:"No. 15032"
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393:Family life
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269:Lloyds Bank
258:World War I
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155:12 May 1877
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791:Baron Weir
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713:required.)
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486:Escutcheon
322:Baron Weir
224:Early life
194:Occupation
181:, Scotland
151:1877-05-12
664:27 August
615:The Times
535:Footnotes
382:in 1932.
371:in 1938,
304:President
220:in 1918.
158:Crosshill
77:In office
701:2 August
527:held by
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344:and the
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175:Giffnock
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