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- 1 2 "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36831. London. 28 July 1902. p. 6.
- ↑ "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36836. London. 2 August 1902. p. 10.
- 1 2 John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.223
- ↑ "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 8.
- ↑ "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36850. London. 19 August 1902. p. 3.
- ↑ "No. 27467". The London Gazette . 22 August 1902. p. 5462.
- ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 193 (217 in web page)
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