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| x Niall O'Higgins |
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| x Niall MacGinnis |
Niall MacGinnis was an Irish actor who made 80 screen appearances.
In 1941, MacGinnis played a not-very-dedicated Nazi sailor in the British war film 49th Parallel with Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Eric Portman and Raymond Massey. He portrayed...
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| x James Field |
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James Field (c.1714 – 11 February 1751) was a sailor and boxer in England in the 18th century who was hanged for robbery.
He was born in Dublin, and spent most of his early life involved in petty crime. His criminal record meant that in Ireland he...
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| x Jim Sheridan |
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Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, and In America.
Sheridan was born in Dublin, the son of Anna and...
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| x Edmund Burke |
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Edmund Burke PC (12 January [New Style] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a...
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| x Thomas Moore |
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Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer.
Born on the corner of Aungier Street in Dublin, Ireland...
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| x Gareth Farrelly |
Gareth Farrelly (born 28 August 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer.
Farrelly played his schoolboy football with Home Farm. Aston Villa signed him as a 16-year-old in 1992, and he made his Villa début in September 1995. He moved to Everton in...
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| x William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket |
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William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, GCMG, KCVO, KBE (19 December 1864 – 24 January 1920) was a British diplomat and administrator.
Born in Dublin, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College Dublin. His parents were William, 4th Lord Plunket,...
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| x Johnny Giles |
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Michael John "Johnny" Giles (born 6 November 1940 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former association football midfielder who played for Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s, and is now known as a football pundit.
After winning an FA Cup winners medal...
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| x Sean Dillon |
Seán Dillon (born July 30, 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.
Dillon was a youth player with Aston Villa but moved back to Ireland in 2002 with...
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| x Robert Pilkington |
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Robert Rivington Pilkington (8 February 1870–30 June 1942) was an Irish politician who sat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the British House of Commons.
Robert Pilkington was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1870. He was educated at...
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| x William Rowan Hamilton |
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton (4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, who made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra. His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him...
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| x Jon Daly |
Jon Daly (born 8 January, 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.
Daly started his career at Irish amateur side Cherry Orchard, before signing for Stockport County in...
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| x Jonathan Hayes |
Jonathan Jonny Hayes (born 9 July 1987 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Hayes started his career at Reading's Youth Academy, but with first team opportunities being limited, he...
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| x Brian Kennedy |
Brian Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is the Director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. He was the Director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra from 1997 to 2004.
Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended Clonkeen...
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| x George Bernard Shaw |
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for...
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| x Mark Kelly |
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Mark Kelly (born Mark Colbert Kelly, 9 April 1961, Dublin, Ireland) is the keyboardist of the progressive rock band, Marillion.
He joined the band in 1981, replacing previous keyboardist Brian Jelliman, and as of 2009 is still a member of the band....
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| x Tony Dunne |
Anthony Peter Dunne (born 24 July 1941 in Dublin), Irish football player who regularly appeared at left-back. He had 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team in 1962-1975. He was Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969.
Dunne...
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| x Oscar Wilde |
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late...
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| x Colm O'Ciosoig |
Colm Ó Cíosóig (born 31 October 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) is the drummer and a founding member of London-based, Irish/British alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine.
Originally formed in 1983, My Bloody Valentine had gone through a few lineup...
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| x Gabriel Byrne |
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Gabriel James Byrne (Irish: Gabriel Séamas Ó Broin; born May 12, 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, and writer, as well as an audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court...
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| x Brendan Gleeson |
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Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish character actor. His best-known films include the Harry Potter films, Kingdom of Heaven, Beowulf, Troy, Gangs of New York, 28 Days Later, In Bruges, Braveheart, The General, Lake Placid, and the role...
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| x Richard Todd |
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Richard Todd OBE (born 11 June 1919) is an Irish-born British stage and film actor and former soldier.
He was born Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland. Todd's father, Andrew William Palethorpe Todd, was an Irish physician and also...
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| x Glenn Quinn |
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Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn (28 May 1970 – 3 December 2002) was an Irish actor in television and film, best known for his role as Mark Healy in the American series Roseanne, as well as for his role on the first season of Angel.
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| x Jonas Armstrong |
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Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981 in Dublin) is an Irish born British actor, raised in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire best known for his appearances on television in the United Kingdom, where he has played the title role in the BBC One drama series...
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| x Graham Norton |
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Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton.
Norton was born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin but grew up in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. He dropped...
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| x Colm Meaney |
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Colm J. Meaney (first name pronounced /ˈkɒləm/; born 30 May, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in...
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| x John Drew |
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John Drew (September 3, 1827 – May 21, 1862) was an Irish-American stage actor and theatre manager.
Born Jonathan Henry Drewland in Dublin, Ireland, to Thomas L. Drew and Louise Kanten, he was the fifth of sixth children. He lived in Templeogue, a...
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| x Sara Allgood |
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Sara Allgood (October 15, 1879 – September 13, 1950) was an Irish actress.
Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.
Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was frequently featured in early Hitchcock...
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| x Stephen Kenny |
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Stephen Kenny (born 30 October 1971 in Dublin) is a former Republic of Ireland footballer and current manager of Derry City F.C.
During his playing career, Kenny spent two years at Belvedere F.C. as a schoolboy before signing for St Patrick's...
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| x Wes Hoolahan |
Wesley "Wes" Hoolahan (born 20 May, 1982, in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English club Norwich City.
Hoolahan started his career at Shelbourne where he won three League of Ireland...
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| x Terry Conroy |
Terry Conroy (born 2 October 1946 in Dublin) is a former professional footballer, who spent most of his career with Stoke City.
He joined the Potters from the Irish club, Glentoran F.C. for £10,000 in March 1967. He went on to make 333 Cup and...
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| x Richie Foran |
Richard 'Richie' Foran (born on 16 June 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Scottish First Division side Inverness CT.
He has also played for St Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne, Carlisle United, Oxford United, Motherwell, Southend...
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| x Alan O'Brien |
Alan O'Brien (born 20 February 1985) is an Irish association football player who plays for Swindon Town.
O'Brien, who plays as a winger, has represented the Republic of Ireland at full international level five times, all while he was on the books of...
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| x Liam Whelan |
William Augustine Whelan (born 1 April 1935 in Dublin – 6 February 1958), also known as Billy Whelan or Liam Whelan, was an Irish footballer and one of the eight Manchester United players who were killed in the Munich air disaster. He was 22 years...
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| x Johnny Carey |
John Joseph "Johnny" Carey (23 February 1919 in Dublin, Ireland – 22 August 1995 in Macclesfield, England), also known as Jackie Carey, was an Irish footballer and manager. As a player Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he...
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| x Robbie Ryan |
Robert Paul "Robbie" Ryan (born 16 May 1977 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who is a left back. He is currently playing for Croydon Athletic, having signed in December 2008.
Ryan began his career at Huddersfield Town in July 1994 but didn't make...
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| x Daryl McMahon |
Daryl McMahon (born 10 October 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who joined Farnborough in August 2009, after being released by Cambridge United in July 2009.
McMahon began his career as a trainee with West Ham United, turning professional in...
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| x Roddy Collins |
Roddy Collins (born 7 August 1961 in Dublin), is an Irish former professional football player and manager, television pundit and was most recently appointed manager of Floriana F.C. He is the brother of acclaimed former boxer, Steve Collins.
Roddy...
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| x Gary Dicker |
Gary Dicker (born 31 July 1986 in Dublin, County Dublin) is an Irish footballer currently contracted to English League One side Brighton & Hove Albion. Dicker plays as a midfielder
Dicker began his career at Eircom League side UCD. He was gradually...
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| x Anthony Stokes |
Anthony Stokes (born 25 July 1988 in Dublin) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. He has also represented the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Stokes began his career with Arsenal...
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| x Frank Gavan Duffy |
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Sir Frank Gavan Duffy KCMG PC QC (29 February 1852 – 29 July 1936), Australian judge, was the fourth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1913 to 1935.
Duffy was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 29...
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| x Anthony Gale |
Anthony Gale (born September 17, 1782 in Dublin, Ireland) was the fourth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and the only one ever fired. Fewer records survive concerning him than any other Commandant but it is known that he was...
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| x John Laver Mather Cooper |
John Cooper (July 24, 1828 – August 22, 1891) (born as John Laver Mather Cooper) was a member of the United States Navy. He is one of only nineteen people who have received the Medal of Honor twice.
His first such award came about because of his...
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| x Thomas E. Corcoran |
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Thomas E. Corcoran (October 12, 1839 – March 12, 1904) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Siege of Vicksburg. He was...
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| x Matthew Lyon |
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Matthew Lyon (July 14, 1749 – August 1, 1822), father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn, was a printer, farmer, soldier and politician, serving as a United States Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky.
Lyon...
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| x Allan Higdon |
Allan L. Higdon served as acting mayor of Ottawa, Canada from July 2000 to 2001.
Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, he immigrated to Canada in 1957. He received a BA from Queen's University in English and History and received a B.Ed from the...
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| x Bairbre de Brún |
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Bairbre de Brún, is an Irish politician and member of the European Parliament, representing Northern Ireland.
Born in Dublin on 10 January 1954, de Brún became interested in the political landscape of Ireland and, in particular, the situation at the...
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| x Brian Lenihan, Jnr |
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Brian Joseph Lenihan SC (born 21 May 1959) is an Irish politician. He is currently a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin West and Minister for Finance.
Lenihan was born in Dublin in 1959. He was educated at Belvedere College, where he was...
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| x Seán Ardagh |
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Seán Ardagh (born 25 November 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South Central constituency. A chartered accountant by profession, Ardagh was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general...
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| x Mary Lou McDonald |
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Mary Lou McDonald (Irish: Máire L. Ní Dhomhnaill) (born 1 May 1969 in Dublin) is the current Vice President of Sinn Féin. McDonald was a Member of the European Parliament representing the Dublin constituency from 2004–09.
Mary Lou McDonald was...
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| x Ruairi Quinn |
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Ruairi Quinn (born 2 April 1946) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South East constituency. He was Minister for Finance from 1994 to 1997, and leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002.
Quinn...
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| x Jim Stynes |
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Jim Stynes OAM (born 23 April 1966) is a well known Irish Australian, a former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club....
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| x Liam Cosgrave |
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Liam Cosgrave (Irish: Liam Mac Cosgair; born 13 April 1920) served as the Taoiseach of Ireland between 1973 and 1977 and is the son of W. T. Cosgrave, Head of Government from 1922 to 1932).
Liam Cosgrave entered Irish politics in 1943 and retained...
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| x Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century...
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| x John A. Costello |
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John Aloysius Costello (Irish: Seán Alabhaois Mac Coisdealbha; 20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976), a successful barrister, was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the Irish Free State after independence, Attorney General of Ireland from...
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| x Seán Lemass |
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Seán Francis Lemass (Irish: Seán Proinsias Lemass, 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was one of the most prominent Irish politicians of the 20th century. He served as Taoiseach from 1959 until 1966.
A veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of...
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| x Bertie Ahern |
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Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern (Irish: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn, born 12 September 1951) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008.
Ahern has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 1977 and he...
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| x Garret FitzGerald |
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Garret FitzGerald (Irish: Gearóid Mac Gearailt; born 9 February 1926) was Taoiseach of Ireland, serving two terms in office (July 1981 to February 1982; December 1982 to March 1987). FitzGerald was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1965 and was...
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| x William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
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William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was a British Whig statesman who was the first Home...
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