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1734:1868 deaths
1729:1790 births
1535:Q. Hailsham
1530:Elwyn-Jones
1525:Q. Hailsham
1480:D. Hailsham
1470:D. Hailsham
1345:St Leonards
1152:Northington
778:1803–2005:
683:9 September
407:English law
363:, in 1816.
263:Nationality
182:Preceded by
118:Preceded by
1688:Categories
1450:Birkenhead
1440:Buckmaster
1375:Chelmsford
1355:Chelmsford
1194:James Eyre
1017:1850–1868
986:1865–1866
959:1852–1858
927:1850–1851
900:1835–1839
836:1835–1840
675:. Oxford:
548:References
530:Supporters
524:Escutcheon
345:Winchester
284:Alma mater
218:1790-12-18
1625:Lidington
1568:2003–2007
1490:Caldecote
1420:Herschell
1410:Herschell
1385:Hatherley
1370:Cranworth
1350:Cranworth
1319:Cottenham
1314:Lyndhurst
1309:Cottenham
1303:Bosanquet
1288:Lyndhurst
1278:Lyndhurst
1142:Hardwicke
831:1832–1835
325:Cranworth
225:Cranworth
143:In office
75:In office
1635:Buckland
1610:Grayling
1595:Falconer
1575:Falconer
1555:Falconer
1520:Gardiner
1515:Dilhorne
1430:Loreburn
1425:Halsbury
1415:Halsbury
1405:Halsbury
1400:Selborne
1390:Selborne
1365:Westbury
1360:Campbell
1330:Shadwell
1326:Langdale
1299:Shadwell
1283:Brougham
1172:Bathurst
1112:Harcourt
1021:Extinct
669:(1901).
323:Born at
155:Victoria
88:Victoria
1660:Mahmood
1510:Kilmuir
1505:Simonds
1485:Maugham
1460:Haldane
1435:Haldane
1268:Erskine
1187:Thurlow
1177:Thurlow
787:at the
775:Hansard
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422:Russell
309:Liberal
277:Liberal
267:British
229:Norfolk
152:Monarch
84:Monarch
1605:Clarke
1550:Irvine
1545:Mackay
1540:Havers
1500:Jowitt
1475:Sankey
1445:Finlay
1395:Cairns
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1117:Cowper
1102:Cowper
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1645:Lewis
1630:Gauke
1620:Truss
1600:Straw
1495:Simon
1340:Truro
1295:Pepys
1273:Eldon
1263:Eldon
1162:Yorke
1157:Pratt
873:1834
754:whigs
740:Notes
536:Motto
518:Crest
443:Cases
1650:Raab
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1465:Cave
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