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References
- ↑ "No. 34066". The London Gazette . 3 July 1934. pp. 4222–4223.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's baronetage page [Usurped!]