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Harry Escombe
South African statesman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Escombe PC (25 July 1838 ā 27 December 1899) was a South African statesman. Born in London, Escombe emigrated to the Colony of Natal. There he worked as a lawyer. He was briefly prime minister of the colony in 1897 and died two years later.
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