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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

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Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series , Volume 57: THE RISE OF LABOUR AND THE FALL OF EMPIRE: THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM HARE, FIFTH EARL OF LISTOWEL , July 2019 , pp. ix - xxvi
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1 He will be referred to in this introduction and in all the footnotes as Listowel.

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