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- ↑ Bath, Order of the (September 14, 1812). "Statutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath". Printed in 1725--reprinted in 1812 by T. Harper, Jun. – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Bath King of Arms | DrawShield". drawshield.net.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage (1939 edition), s.v. Warwick, Earl
- ↑ "Four Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath chapel". Westminster Abbey. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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