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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p64: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ↑ "Balfour, Francis Richard Townley" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (2 March 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 2 March 2018.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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