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1080:Linlithgow
906:1974–1976
879:1964–1970
837:Kilmarnock
790:required.)
742:References
657:Oor Wullie
646:Kilmarnock
607:devolution
516:Kilmarnock
504:Ayr Burghs
385:Profession
374:Alma mater
319:1911-04-07
263:Kilmarnock
241:Tom Fraser
1440:Roy Mason
1395:Tony Benn
1303:Alexander
1286:Alexander
1128:1926–1999
1065:Trevelyan
1050:Dalhousie
1045:Trevelyan
1033:1885–1926
1013:Tweeddale
1003:Roxburghe
976:1707–1746
733:Elma Ross
638:life peer
494:in 1945.
484:Sri Lanka
472:Singapore
271:In office
212:In office
167:In office
113:In office
66:In office
1215:Campbell
1185:Woodburn
1180:Westwood
1175:Rosebery
1170:Johnston
1160:Colville
1145:Sinclair
1040:Richmond
998:Montrose
595:Scotland
591:unionist
569:and the
498:Politics
450:and the
442:Born in
365:Children
1318:Mundell
1280:Darling
1275:Liddell
1245:Forsyth
1235:Rifkind
1230:Younger
1150:Collins
1140:Adamson
1135:Gilmour
1115:Gilmour
1110:Adamson
1095:Tennant
1060:Lothian
1055:Balfour
803:Hansard
662:He was
650:Loudoun
619:fiefdom
544:adverts
506:at the
424:1974-76
388:Teacher
1338:*Also
1328:Murray
1298:Murphy
1292:Browne
1225:Millan
1200:Maclay
1195:Stuart
1190:McNeil
1155:Elliot
1075:Murray
1008:Vacant
784:
690:p. 154
561:. The
357:Spouse
351:Labour
221:Leader
176:Leader
1308:Moore
1250:Dewar
1205:Noble
1165:Brown
1105:Novar
1100:Munro
674:Notes
518:in a
476:major
468:Burma
464:India
409:
407:,
1342:; **
1323:Jack
1270:Reid
1240:Lang
1220:Ross
1210:Ross
846:1979
842:1946
835:for
780:2010
648:and
621:for
597:and
577:and
550:and
536:bill
514:for
470:and
333:Died
313:Born
261:for
993:Mar
983:Mar
769:doi
640:as
587:EEC
526:to
478:in
462:in
444:Ayr
430:of
404:MBE
326:Ayr
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