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Helmuth von Moltke, 1871

Helmuth von Moltke

German general [1800–1891]

Lord Haldane, oil painting by P.A. de László, 1928; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan

Scottish statesman

Kodama Gentarō.

Kodama Gentarō

Japanese statesman