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From: Eileen & Marty Russell <>
Subject: Re: OLIPHANT
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 07:50:58 +0200
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HI John
To my surprise I came across the surname OLIPHANT in one of the lists in "The South Africa 1853 Medal" by G R EVERSON. I can't remember which regiment but it was NOT the
Cape Mounted Rifles which did recruit locally, it was one of the units from the British Isles.

Eileen
Richards Bay

John O'Donoghue wrote:

> Can any historian please help me out.
> I came across the above name when I was researching the Castelyn family and noticed the name of Sir Anthony OLIPHANT in the early 1800's.
> He was the Attorney General, but with a name like that I could not imagine it to be English.



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