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- ↑ David Lemmon, The History of Surrey County Cricket Club, Christopher Helm, 1989, ISBN 0-7470-2010-8, p341.
- ↑ County Champions 1825 to 1863
- ↑ David Lemmon, The History of Surrey County Cricket Club, Christopher Helm, 1989, ISBN 0-7470-2010-8, p18.
- ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 1330.
- ↑ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929–30). Armorial Families. Vol. II (7th ed.). London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 951.
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