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- ↑ Search Ulster Historical Foundation - Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800
- ↑ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 530. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
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