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            <text>&lt;p&gt;Sir Peter Middleton&lt;br /&gt;H M Treasury&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;"&gt;The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments which will date from 10 January, 1986.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="width:40%;vertical-align:top;padding-right:1em;border:none;"&gt;Secretary of State for Defence&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="width:60%;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1em;border:none;"&gt;The Right Honourable George Kenneth Hotson Younger, TD, DL, MP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;£32,208&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="width:60%;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1em;border:none;"&gt;Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, Esquire, MP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;£32,208&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;NW&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Nigel Wicks)&lt;/p&gt;
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