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... father , whose estate is estimated at the time as being worth six hundred merks yearly . His father presented a letter to the English government , in which the hostage is said to be his only son and heir , promising fidelity on behalf ...
... father , whose estate is estimated at the time as being worth six hundred merks yearly . His father presented a letter to the English government , in which the hostage is said to be his only son and heir , promising fidelity on behalf ...
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... father certain lands in Kincardineshire ; he predeceased his father , but left a son , Andrew , who suc- ceeded his grandfather as second Lord Gray ; ( 2 ) Andrew , ancestor of the families of Gray of Schives and Pittendrum ; ( 3 ) ...
... father certain lands in Kincardineshire ; he predeceased his father , but left a son , Andrew , who suc- ceeded his grandfather as second Lord Gray ; ( 2 ) Andrew , ancestor of the families of Gray of Schives and Pittendrum ; ( 3 ) ...
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... father being a hand - loom weaver . After leaving the parish school , he became a pupil - teacher in Glasgow , and ma- naged to give himself a university career . His parents wished him to be a Free church minister , but he became a ...
... father being a hand - loom weaver . After leaving the parish school , he became a pupil - teacher in Glasgow , and ma- naged to give himself a university career . His parents wished him to be a Free church minister , but he became a ...
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... father , at the Middlesex Hospital and at Sloane Street Botanical Garden , for a few years before 1821. In that year the ' Na- tural Arrangement of British Plants ' was issued under his father's name , though the synoptical portion , by ...
... father , at the Middlesex Hospital and at Sloane Street Botanical Garden , for a few years before 1821. In that year the ' Na- tural Arrangement of British Plants ' was issued under his father's name , though the synoptical portion , by ...
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... father , Lieutenant Henry Smith , R.N. , was then resident . She married in 1810 Francis Ed- ward Gray , who died four years later , and had by him two daughters , who survived her . In 1826 she married his second cousin , John Edward ...
... father , Lieutenant Henry Smith , R.N. , was then resident . She married in 1810 Francis Ed- ward Gray , who died four years later , and had by him two daughters , who survived her . In 1826 she married his second cousin , John Edward ...
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