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References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ The Times, 23 April 1920. By-election followed Charles Murray's appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
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