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1396:Elwyn-Jones
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1346:D. Hailsham
1336:D. Hailsham
1211:St Leonards
1018:Northington
696:1803–2005:
637:26 December
607:"No. 27424"
396:Cheddington
101:Preceded by
1554:Categories
1316:Birkenhead
1306:Buckmaster
1241:Chelmsford
1221:Chelmsford
1060:James Eyre
838:1915–1916
806:1913–1915
570:References
552:Supporters
546:Escutcheon
498:Hal Miller
407:High Court
400:Buckingham
159:1934-12-06
140:1861-01-09
1635:Law lords
1491:Lidington
1434:2003–2007
1356:Caldecote
1286:Herschell
1276:Herschell
1251:Hatherley
1236:Cranworth
1216:Cranworth
1185:Cottenham
1180:Lyndhurst
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1154:Lyndhurst
1144:Lyndhurst
1008:Hardwicke
727:Cambridge
306:Cambridge
205:Education
69:In office
1501:Buckland
1476:Grayling
1461:Falconer
1441:Falconer
1421:Falconer
1386:Gardiner
1381:Dilhorne
1296:Loreburn
1291:Halsbury
1281:Halsbury
1271:Halsbury
1266:Selborne
1256:Selborne
1231:Westbury
1226:Campbell
1196:Shadwell
1192:Langdale
1165:Shadwell
1149:Brougham
1038:Bathurst
978:Harcourt
764:Keighley
437:woolsack
415:McCardie
411:Peterson
337:knighted
333:Keighley
316:on a 5%
82:George V
1526:Mahmood
1376:Kilmuir
1371:Simonds
1351:Maugham
1326:Haldane
1301:Haldane
1134:Erskine
1053:Thurlow
1043:Thurlow
693:Hansard
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1471:Clarke
1416:Irvine
1411:Mackay
1406:Havers
1366:Jowitt
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1311:Finlay
1261:Cairns
1246:Cairns
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1003:Talbot
983:Cowper
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248:under
182:Spouse
1521:Chalk
1511:Lewis
1496:Gauke
1486:Truss
1466:Straw
1361:Simon
1206:Truro
1161:Pepys
1139:Eldon
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