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Feudal Lordship of Winterborne Saint Martin - Napier (2035 words) |
 | Napier was a member of a Scottish family who became the Barons of Murchison, now a suburb of Edinburgh. |
| Napier also found exponential expressions for trigonometric functions and was the first who used and then popularised the decimal point to separate the whole number part from the fractional part of a number. |
| As was the case with Napier, Holles's fortunes fluctuated - including impeachment by the Army and sequestration of his estates and he eventually fled to France in 1648. |
| The 1995 North Down by-election (4405 words) |
| There was an alternative: Sir Oliver Napier, who had been the leader of the Alliance Party from 1972 to 1984, had also lived in the constituency for many years. |
| Oliver's previous electoral form had all been in East Belfast, which he had represented in the 1973-4 Assembly, the 1975-6 Constitutional Convention, and the 1982-6 Assembly. |
| Oliver gave a good "I'm back and fighting to win" speech, and then McFarland and McCartney were heckled by all but their own respective supporters. |
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