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- ↑ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886, archive.org. Accessed 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Brentford Election". London Standard. London. 24 December 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ Craig, F.W.S. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918. London and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-349-02300-4.
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1908. pp. 308–309.
- ↑ The Constitutional Year Book for 1919. London: National Unionist Association. 1919. p. 266.
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