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... Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland . By EDWARD WALFORD , M. A. , late Scholar of Balliol College , Oxford . Containing Notices of the Descent , Birth , Marriage , Education , & c . , of more ...
... Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland . By EDWARD WALFORD , M. A. , late Scholar of Balliol College , Oxford . Containing Notices of the Descent , Birth , Marriage , Education , & c . , of more ...
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