Robert Brown Gillespie

Baron of Blackhall

Authenticated Baron

The Much Honoured Baron of Blackhall OBE (Robert Brown Gillespie of Blackhall, 27th Baron of Blackhall)

Credentials

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• Rolls of the Chiefs and Heads of Territorial Houses, Officially-Recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 10th Jan 2003 LXXXV 18, EDINBURGH GAZETTE 19th Aug 2005
• Burke’s Peerage, 107ed. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 386 column 2
• Baron of Blackhall OBE news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/birthhons_foreign_11_06_05.pdf

Authentication

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