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- ↑ The Times, Ireland, 11 August 1856
- ↑ The Times, Ireland, 17 January 1832
- ↑ The Times, O'Connell and the People of Leicester, 6 August 1836
- ↑ The Times, Ireland. Private Correspondence, 14 March 1829
- ↑ List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1832/Constituencies D–E
- ↑ The Times, Whig Patronage 6 August 1841
