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- ↑ "Death of Mr. Henry Richard, M.P." . Huddersfield Chronicle. 25 August 1888. Retrieved 20 December 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, Second Supplement.
- ↑ "The General Election" . The Morning Post . 25 November 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. ISBN 9780333169032. Page 476