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... died on the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage ; she six months later , and both were buried in Chiswick church - yard , the scene of their earliest meeting . My mother was a daughter of Lord Orford , through whom we trace our ...
... died on the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage ; she six months later , and both were buried in Chiswick church - yard , the scene of their earliest meeting . My mother was a daughter of Lord Orford , through whom we trace our ...
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... died in 1887 , at the age of ninety - six , her father having been killed in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , and Lady Charlotte Walpole , a blind sister of my mother's . At the time of my birth I had two brothers - Henry , afterwards M.P. ...
... died in 1887 , at the age of ninety - six , her father having been killed in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , and Lady Charlotte Walpole , a blind sister of my mother's . At the time of my birth I had two brothers - Henry , afterwards M.P. ...
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... died in 1834 , but her sisters were living at Richmond , and belonged to a small literary set of people of such an old - world society that neither the Misses Berry nor Mrs. Somerville could pierce their for- mality . The Misses ...
... died in 1834 , but her sisters were living at Richmond , and belonged to a small literary set of people of such an old - world society that neither the Misses Berry nor Mrs. Somerville could pierce their for- mality . The Misses ...
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... died in 1880 at a great age . In 1874 I was serving on a Royal Commission on the Ad- ministrative Departments of the Law . Lord Bramwell was one of our commissioners , and he came in one day saying he could not stay long , as he had ...
... died in 1880 at a great age . In 1874 I was serving on a Royal Commission on the Ad- ministrative Departments of the Law . Lord Bramwell was one of our commissioners , and he came in one day saying he could not stay long , as he had ...
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... died in 1861. At dinner , on the evening of his death , he had said to his old friend Sir David Dundas , " There should be a clause added to the Litany : From a lingering illness , good Lord , deliver us . " " His prayer was heard , and ...
... died in 1861. At dinner , on the evening of his death , he had said to his old friend Sir David Dundas , " There should be a clause added to the Litany : From a lingering illness , good Lord , deliver us . " " His prayer was heard , and ...
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