Robert Boak

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Sir Robert Boak (died 6 December 1904) [1] was president of the Legislative Council of the Province of Nova Scotia. He was knighted in 1902. [2]

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  2. Shaw, William Arthur. (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day &c. Vol. I. Clearfield. p. 410. ISBN   978-0-8063-0443-4.