And Fanny's yer Aunt....
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>From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, which is great for this kind of
thing:
"The phrase was occasioned by A.J. Balfour's promotion by his uncle, Lord
Robert Salisbury, the Tory Prime Minister, to the post of Chief Secretary
for Ireland. ... The suggestion of nepotism was difficult to ignore."
So now you know!
Paul
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