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Article : 67 wordsSir Thos. David Gibson-Carmichael is the fourteenth Baronet, the Baronetey having been created in 1628. He was born in 1859, and succeeded his father, the Rev. Sir William, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 2 Jan 1912, Page 9
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