James Courtney Bevin was an

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in the 20th century. He was born in Dulverton, Somerset in 1872 and died on 23 December 1946 and is commemorated on a stone in St Bride's Episcopal Church, North Ballachulish, Inverness-shire.
He was

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in 1907 and was

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of Argyll and The Isles from 1940 until his death in 1946.
He was the great great uncle of the

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Labour politician

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