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- ↑ 'Ireland', The Times, 15 March 1869.
- ↑ The Times, 4 March 1880.
- ↑ Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1882 (Dean and Son, 1882), page 227.
- ↑ "the whitworth hall drogheda". homepage.eircom.net.
- ↑ Earwaker, John Parsons (1876). Local Gleanings Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire. Cornish, Day.
- ↑ Allibone, Samuel Austin (1896). Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Childs & Peterson. p. 124.
- ↑ Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter.
Sources
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
