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    Martin Coles Harman (1885 – 5 December 1954) was an English businessman who, in 1925, bought the island of Lundy. Born in Steyning in Sussex and educated...
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    puffin", were issued with a 1929 date and featured a portrait of Martin Coles Harman, who owned the island and was responsible for the issue. The coins...
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    Battle of Imphal. Harman was educated at Bedales School and Clifton College. John Harman was the son of millionaire Martin Coles Harman, owner of Lundy...
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  • surgery Harold Davidson, "The Rector of Stiffkey", killed by a lion Martin Coles Harman, self-styled King of Lundy Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham...
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    introduced from St Kilda to Lundy, an island in the Bristol Channel, by Martin Coles Harman soon after he purchased the island in 1925. There is also a small...
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    the form of a commission by businessman and self-appointed King Martin Coles Harman who in 1929 requested coins with his likeness be minted for use on...
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    the island along with the mail contract and the MV Lerina to Martin Coles Harman. Harman issued two coins of Half Puffin and One Puffin denominations...
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    breed of pony bred on Lundy Island in the twentieth century. In 1928 Martin Coles Harman, who was the owner of Lundy Island, shipped a small herd of ponies...
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  • Corporation, Ltd. owned three gold mines in Korea. One of its directors, Martin Coles Harman, was convicted of misappropriating funds from the company and its...
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    & Blackwell products as a result. The factory was then bought by Martin Coles Harman, whose Branston Artificial Silk Company produced Rayon in the factory...
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