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- ↑ 'Supposed Drowning of an Irish Member of Parliament', The Times 15 November 1888
- ↑ The Times 24 February 1890
- ↑ The New House of Commons, July 1892: With Biographical Notices of its Members (Macmillan, 1892) page 258
- ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 192 (216 in web page)