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" Baron Georges Marchand was born in Dunkirk and first came to Scotland in 1910 as a French and German correspondent to the firm of George Harrison & Co. (Edinburgh) Ltd, the woollen merchants. Baron Marchand became a traveller, representing the firm in Holland for some years and eventually became senior partner. He was an admirer of Burns and wrote poetry and music. To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Robert Burns, his firm designed a Burns check cloth.
. (From "Our Scottish District Checks" by E.S. Harrison, Edinburgh, 1968.)"
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" Baron Georges Marchand, Belgian Consul in Edinburgh since 1953, died suddenly at his home, 34 Dick Place, on 24th June, 1961. Baron Marchand, who was 70, had returned from a Scandinavian holiday only the previous evening. Born in Dunkirk, he first came to this country in 1910 as a French and German correspondent to the firm of George Harrison & Co. (Edinburgh), Ltd., the woollen merchants. Baron Marchand became a traveller, representing the firm in Holland for some years, and eventually became senior partner. He was an admirer of Burns, and wrote poetry and music."
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Nom: Georges Marchand
Type d'événement: Burial
Lieu de l'événement: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cimetière: Morningside Cemetery Edinburgh
Latitude du cimitière: 55.9243
Longitude du cimitière: -3.21402
Date de décès: 24 Jun 1961
Date de création de la filiale: 2019-03-29 11:51:47
Image numérique identificateur de la filiale: 30418701
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"BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch ( : 30 April 2019), Georges Marchand, died 24 Jun 1961; citing BillionGraves ( : 2012), Burial at Morningside Cemetery Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. 
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