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- 1 2 Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 223.
- 1 2 Burke's Peerage , vol. 1 (2003), p. 981.
- ↑ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Cromer
- ↑ Earl of Cromer criticises daughter over her Princess Diana claims
