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SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
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VAN HORNE, Sir WILLIAM CORNELIUS
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RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
GALT, Sir ALEXANDER TILLOCH
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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER
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