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References
- ↑ "A History of Clan Cameron". www.clan-cameron.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ↑ Way, George of Plean; Squire, Romilly of Rubislaw (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. Glasgow: HarperCollins (for the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-00-470547-5.
- ↑ Sinclair, A. Maclean (1908). "The Clan Cameron". The Celtic Review. 5 (17): 70–79. doi:10.2307/30069983. ISSN 1755-6066.
- ↑ Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Iain (1982). The Highland Clans : the dynastic origins, chiefs and background of the clans and of some other families connected with Highland history. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : C.N. Potter : Distributed by Crown. ISBN 978-0-517-54659-8.