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Born	March 28, 1850 • Belper • England
Died	June 11, 1946 (aged 96) • London • England

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Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst

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Sir Alfred Sharpe

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Joseph Chamberlain

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Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner

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Sir George Goldie

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Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet

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Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough

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Arthur Chichester, Baron Chichester

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