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Also Known As Anjin • Miura Anjin
Born 1564 • Gillingham • England
Died May 26, 1620 (aged 56) • Hirado • Japan
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king of Portugal
Robert Clive
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Warren Hastings, oil painting by Tilly Kettle; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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