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When bad men combine, the good must associate.—Edmund Burke. «$« C « There is in human nature, generally, more of the fool than of the wise. •—Francis Bacon. * $ # * Brigadier Eric Edward DormanSmith, who was chief of staff to General Auchinleck at Alamein, has renounced his English surname. He is to be known in future as Dorman O’Gowan, because O’Gowan was the ancient name of his Irish family. He was Director of Military Training in India and is a brother of Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, ex-Gover-nor of Burma. ■ The brigadier, who lives at Bellamount Forest, in the Eire border county of Cavan, has denounced partition. He said: “My change of name has no political meaning. It has been a subject of discussion for many years. “In days of political pressure our name was changed from O’Gowan. Now, as head of the family, I am reassuming it.” —The Seeker
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 4
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