D.C.L.
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Two D.C.L. representatives came to Manhattan early last spring, spent several months and thousands of dollars on surveys of potential business.
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D.C.L. or anything he fancies�at the cost of very little trouble and, perhaps, �10.
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General'' Farley, a Roman Catholic, flew back to Washington without hearing how he had almost failed to get his D.C.L.
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Meanwhile there had appeared at the Royal Academy in 1861 “A Street in Cairo: The Lanternmaker’s Courtship,” and in 1863 “The King of Hearts,” and a portrait of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
He was American ambassador to Britain from 1846 to 1849, when the University of Oxford conferred on him the honorary degree of D.C.L.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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