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From: "W Jervois" <>
Subject: Re: OLIPHANT
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:33:23 +0200
In-Reply-To: <001601c0eb7c$a57a4660$beec1ec4@user>


Hello John

Sir Anthony was born in Condie, Perthshire, Scotland in 1783.
Oliphant is an ancient Scots surname and well-documented there.
For a write-up on him, see the Dictionary of South African
Biography, vol. 3, page 663.

with best wishes

William


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