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{{Information |Description=Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1512-85, 1st Earl of Lincoln |Source=National Maritime Museum, Greenwich UK http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC2841 |Date=c. 1575 |Author=British School, possibly after
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