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- ↑ "Honours". The Times . 19 August 1892. p. 8.
- ↑ "No. 26328". The London Gazette . 23 September 1892. p. 5384.
- ↑ "No. 26326". The London Gazette . 16 September 1892. pp. 5273–5274.