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- ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 2435
- ↑ Lady Windemere's Fan Theatre programme.
- ↑ Lady Windemere's Fan Theatre programme.
- ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/1806/amanda-elwes
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