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- 1 2 Cokayne, George Edward (1910). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd. pp. 485.
- ↑ Twamley, Charles (1867). History of Dudley Castle and Priory: Including a Genealogical Account of the Families of Sutton and Ward. London: John Russell Smith. pp. 51–52.
- 1 2 3 Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. 1938. p. 634 . Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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| Preceded by William Ward | Baron Dudley 1740–1757 then abeyant until 1916 | Succeeded by Ferdinando Dudley William Lea Smith |