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- ↑ "No. 37144". The London Gazette . 22 June 1945. p. 3281.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets