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References
- Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, "Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations as to Precedency", pp. 27-9, included in the sixth edition of John Guillim's A Display of Heraldry (London, 1724).
- ↑ The Earl of Crawford, The Earldom of Mar in Sunshine and in Shade, vol. ii (Edinburgh, 1882) pp. 34–35.
- ↑ Crawford, pp. 36–37.