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Added note re author Ian McEwan and Chiltern hills.
The Chilterns are a popular retirement spot for British Members of Parliament, who historically, being forbidden to resign, would apply instead to take up the [[sinecure]] position of Steward of the Chiltern [[Hundred]]s.
The Chilterns are a popular retirement spot for British Members of Parliament, who historically, being forbidden to resign, would apply instead to take up the [[sinecure]] position of Steward of the Chiltern [[Hundred]]s.
Ian McEwan - former Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead - has set several of his popular novels in the Chiltern Hills.
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