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While he stated that he had "nothing but friendly feelings for the Irish", he added that when
Ireland achieved Home Rule, "Scottish men and women were disenfranchised" and stated "as they did to us we should do to them and others."
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631:. When war broke out in 1914, work on the vessel ceased, but was resumed in 1916 as an aircraft carrier. The conversion work was completed in September 1918, and the vessel was commissioned as
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Scotland. In 1935 he became the second president on the National Institute for the Deaf, a post he held until his death.
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until 1925, was a
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in 1905, and Naval Aide-de-Camp to His
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campaign he made a prominent speech in support of the candidature of
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expedition to India in 1899, and took part in a mission in 1900 for
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as the 6th Duke when he succeeded to the title in 1925. When the
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As an engineer, he was the inventor of the world's first naval
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894:"From radicals and Tartan Tories to the party of government"
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on 20 January, about a week after the onset of his illness.
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movement decided to split from the avowedly anti-Home Rule
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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I
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in 1932, he became chairman of the new centre-right
753:"Graham, James, sixth duke of Montrose (1878–1954)"
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16:Scottish nobleman, naval officer and politician
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72:The Duke and Duchess of Montrose in the 1940s
762:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
99:10 December 1925 – 20 January 1954
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1072:President of the Scottish National Party
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1209:Members of the Royal Company of Archers
1179:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
869:The Hollow Drum: Scotland Since the War
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759:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
404:and is credited as the inventor of the
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816:. London: Pimlico Press. p. 333.
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683:Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
871:. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 50.
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1174:Companions of the Order of the Bath
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892:Dinwoodie, Robbie (7 April 2014).
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353:James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose
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643:Institution of Naval Architects
432:, James Graham was educated at
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1040:Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire
1006:. 21 January 1954. p. 4
955:(2349): 114. 29 January 1954
949:Flight and Aircraft Engineer
925:. 26 October 1933. p. 9
776:UK public library membership
671:Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire
619:, he designed a 14,450
481:Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
83:Member of the House of Lords
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589:1933 Kilmarnock by-election
521:Chancellor of the Exchequer
492:to the Tay Division of the
463:As a junior officer in 1899
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655:Royal Company of Archers
126:The 7th Duke of Montrose
114:The 5th Duke of Montrose
812:Masters, Brian (2001).
657:, and commodore of the
645:, a Younger Brother of
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569:Scottish Unionist Party
525:Scottish Unionist Party
485:Auxiliary Naval Service
1169:Knights of the Thistle
768:10.1093/ref:odnb/72367
675:Lord High Commissioner
625:the Lloyd Sabaudo Line
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1239:People from Belgravia
867:Kemp, Arnold (1993).
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691:Knight of the Thistle
687:Companion of the Bath
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438:12th Duke of Hamilton
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294:Years of service
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1154:Royal Navy officers
1095:Peerage of Scotland
982:(9): 272–275. 1954.
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494:Royal Naval Reserve
1199:Scottish engineers
1121:James Angus Graham
1080:Cunninghame Graham
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842:frigateunicorn.org
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679:Church of Scotland
653:, a member of the
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529:Conservative Party
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