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Obituary: David Shepherd, senior partner in J&E Shepherd, JP, property commissioner and office holder

David Shepherd was born in Dundee on 28 February 1930, the youngest of Andrew Inglis and Marjorie Shepherd’s four children.

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RHS president Jack Sleigh (right) with the Queen and judge Ewan Ormiston at the Royal Highland Show in 1992.

Obituary: Jack Sleigh, former chairman of the Royal Highland Show and Arctic convoys veteran

John (Jack) Sleigh, farmer and RHS president. Born: 5 September 1924 in Aberdeen. Died: 20 December 2019 in West Fingask, Oldmeldrum, aged 95.

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Dr Harold Mills has died at the age of 81

Obituary: Dr Harold Mills, senior civil servant who landed his dream job as chair of Caledonian MacBrayne

Dr Harold Mills CB PhD, scientist, politician and civil servant. Born: 2 March 1938. Died: 19 November 2019, aged 81 .

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Former SRU President Fred McLeod has died at the age of 80. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Obituary: Fred McLeod, accomplished sportsman who went on to become President of the SRU

Fred McLeod, rugby player and administrator. Born: 2 May, 1939 in Edinburgh Died: 25 December, 2019 aged 80

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John Paton enjoyed a 30-year career in the army, retiring in 1975 with the rank of major

Obituary: John Paton, soldier with long and distinguished career who became an expert in the restoration of medieval armour

John William Joseph Paton MBE, soldier, maintenance manager and restorer of armour. Born: 8 June, 1924 in Hawick. Died: 16 November 2019, in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, aged 95

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Sir Roger Scruton after he was knighted at Buckingham Palace in, 2016 (Picture: John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Obituary: Sir Roger Scruton, philosopher whose ultra-conservative views often proved controversial

Sir Roger Vernon Scruton FBA FRSL, philosopher. Born: 27 February 1944 in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire. Died: 12 January 2020, aged 75

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The Sultan of Oman with the Queen in 2010 (Picture: John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Obituary: Sultan Qaboos bin Said, ruler of Oman, moderniser, peacemaker and reformer

Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Born: 18 November, 1940 in Salalah, Oman. Died: 10 January 2020 in Muscat, Oman, aged 79

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Obituary: Roddy Lumsden, Scottish poet, champion of new voices and quizzer extraordinaire

Roderick Chalmers Lumsden, poet. Born: 28 May, 1966 in St Andrews. Died: 10 January, 2020, aged 53.

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Baba Ram Dass, who has died at the age of 88 (Photo by Sean Kardon/AP/Shutterstock)

Obituary: Baba Ram Dass, spiritual leader of the counterculture and contemporary of Beat icons

Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD proponent. Born: 6 April 1931. Died: 22 December 2019, aged 88.

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Obituary: Douglas Story Dalgleish, solicitor, football club chairman and golf administrator

Douglas Story Dalgleish, solicitor, football club chairman and golf administrator. Born: 26 December 1927, in Erskine, Renfrewshire. Died: 10 December in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire

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Obituary: Neil Innes, songwriter and musician who parodied The Beatles and was the ‘seventh Python’

Neil Innes, singer, songwriter, musician and musical satirist. Born: 9 December, 1944, in Essex. Died: 29 December, 2019, near Toulouse, France, aged 75.

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