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and Phoebe Letitia Cecilia Berkeley, eldest daughter of

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, M.P. and granddaughter of

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. He was appointed a Companion of the

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in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Arthur Craigie FitzHardinge Commanders of the Ceylon Defence Force Cameronians officers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 1857 births 1927 deaths