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Article : 123 wordsErnest Henry Sackville-West, who in 1910 made an unsuccessful claim to the Sackville peerage, committed suicide here yesterday. He and his wife had been conducting ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 17 Jun 1914, Page 7
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