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Born May 5, 1864 • Ireland
Died June 22, 1922 (aged 58) • London • England
Title / Office House of Commons (1922-1922), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation Conservative Party
Role In World War I

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Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, detail of a painting by John Singer Sargent; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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