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- ↑ "By-Elections In London." Times [London, England] 16 May 1939: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 July 2016.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [ self-published source ][ better source needed ]
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)