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Name	Hugh Baron Bignold
Alternative Names	Baroni
Born	22 June, 1870 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died	24 January, 1930 (aged 59) New South Wales, Australia
Occupation or Descriptor *	poet (1889-1930) New South Wales, Australia short story writer (1889-1930) New South Wales, Australia chess administrator (1895-1930) New South Wales, Australia chess player (1895-1930) New South Wales, Australia legal scholar (1898-1930) New South Wales, Australia barrister (1899-1930) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal editor (1905-1914) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	New South Wales Bar Association (member, 1899-1930)

* Dates are approximate