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Robert Rollo Gillespie

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The source records Comber as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

Robert Rollo Gillespie
Photo: Author of book: William Thorn, 1780-1843. Engraving "from a painting by Mr Chinnery in Calcutta, 1814". This is presumably George Chinnery, 1774-1852, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Report the wrong picture
Birthplace
Comber
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Why this person is known: Officer in the British Army (1766–1814)

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  • Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Christine Johnstone, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Albert Bridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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