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English county: old US president donning new shirt here (13)

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I believe the answer is:

hertfordshire

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'old us president donning new shirt here' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'english county' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'hertford' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'county' becomes 'shire' (term for a county, eg Hampshire, Warwickshire etc).
'hertford'+'shire'='HERTFORDSHIRE'

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(Other definitions for hertfordshire that I've seen before include "Watford's county" , "Southern county" , "County of Watford and Ware" , "County to N. of London" , "A home county" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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