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By the same Author, published annually, The Shilling Peerage, The Shilling Baronetage, The Shilling Knightage, and The Shilling House of Commons, Giving the Birth, Accession, and Marriage of each Personage, his Heir Apparent or Presumptive, Family Name, Political Bias and Patronage; as also a brief Notice of the Offices which he has hitherto held, his Town Address and Country Residences. |