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379:2 daughters
292:Preceded by
247:Preceded by
198:Preceded by
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1557:Categories
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1324:Carmichael
1091:Linlithgow
917:1974–1976
890:1964–1970
848:Kilmarnock
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753:References
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657:Kilmarnock
618:devolution
527:Kilmarnock
515:Ayr Burghs
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1061:Dalhousie
1056:Trevelyan
1044:1885–1926
1024:Tweeddale
1014:Roxburghe
987:1707–1746
744:Elma Ross
649:life peer
505:in 1945.
495:Sri Lanka
483:Singapore
282:In office
223:In office
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124:In office
77:In office
1226:Campbell
1196:Woodburn
1191:Westwood
1186:Rosebery
1181:Johnston
1171:Colville
1156:Sinclair
1051:Richmond
1009:Montrose
606:Scotland
602:unionist
580:and the
509:Politics
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1286:Liddell
1256:Forsyth
1246:Rifkind
1241:Younger
1161:Collins
1151:Adamson
1146:Gilmour
1126:Gilmour
1121:Adamson
1106:Tennant
1071:Lothian
1066:Balfour
814:Hansard
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630:fiefdom
555:adverts
517:at the
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399:Teacher
1349:*Also
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1309:Murphy
1303:Browne
1236:Millan
1211:Maclay
1206:Stuart
1201:McNeil
1166:Elliot
1086:Murray
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572:. The
368:Spouse
362:Labour
232:Leader
187:Leader
1319:Moore
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1176:Brown
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1111:Munro
685:Notes
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487:major
479:Burma
475:India
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1251:Lang
1231:Ross
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