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- ↑ John Sankey (revised by HC G Matthew), Henry Edward Duke,first Baron Merrivale in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, OUP 2004-10
- ↑ E I Carlyle (revised by Marc Brodie), Edward Shortt in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, OUP 2004-10
- ↑ The Times, 11 May 1918 p3
- ↑ The Times, 14 May 1918 p3