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- ↑ "European Heraldry :: House of Lindsay". europeanheraldry.org. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "History of the Lindsay Family". www.clanlindsay.org.au. Clan Lindsay Society of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.