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This "history" was compiled, at my
request, by my sister the Hon. Mrs Bing. I asked her to try and draw together as many
threads of the family story as she could to demonstrate how far we have travelled and what
it is that draws us back to the place of our common origin. I felt it was appropriate to
have such a background to our gathering this May. She has used the various references she
mentions but, I believe, was inspired as much as anything by the many letters we have had
from you all, welcoming this move to reinforce the best spirit or our inheritance. I hope
you will like what she has done as much as I do and that her work will encourage you to
help us compile an authoritatice account of the story of every branch of our far flung
family. Her account is deliberately aimed at stimulating such interest and we know that it
is by no means exhaustive in any respect but we owe her a sincere debt of gratitude for
her achievement.
Arbuthnott, April 1977
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