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- ↑ "West Suffolk Election" . Morning Post. 7 July 1845. Retrieved 19 September 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "West Suffolk Election" . Berkshire Chronicle. 12 July 1845. Retrieved 19 September 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.