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(1892-1978)
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(1897-1999)
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(1911-1997)
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(1915-1975)
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(1920-)
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(1921-1996)
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  Iain Mac a'Ghobhainn
aka Iain Crichton Smith
(1928-1998)
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Edward VIII
(1936; abdicated)
Alasdair Gray
(1934-)
Lanark
George VI
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Tom Leonard
(1944-)
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