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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- ↑ "To the Electors of the Borough of Launceston" . Cornish & Devon Post . 18 October 1879. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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