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Why this person is known: Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian; (1747-1813)
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- Philip Jeffrey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Robin Webster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen McKay, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nigel Thompson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Sutcliffe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- ronnie leask, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stanley Howe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kim traynor, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Thomas Nugent, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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