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- ↑ "Makgill Viscount of Oxfuird, Lord Makgill of Cousland". The Scots peerage founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. 1904. pp. 592–3. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ "Clan Makgill". CLAN by Scotweb.
- 1 2 Lynch, Michael. "MacGill [Mackgill], James, of Nether Rankeillour". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17612.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Cranstoun Old Parish Church And Churchyard". Canmore.
- ↑ "MacGill Clan Crest, Sine Fine Motto, Family History, Clan MacGill Certificates". www.scotsconnection.com.
- ↑ An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice
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