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- ↑ The India List and India Office List, London, 1905
- ↑ Who Was Who, A Companion to Who's Who, A. & C. Black, 1960, p. 512
- ↑ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1928.
- ↑ Who Was Who, A Companion to Who's Who, A. & C. Black, 1960, p. 512
- ↑ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1928.
- ↑ University College London archives: Reference Number GIL/1-12. 1921-1928
- ↑ Who Was Who, A Companion to Who's Who, A. & C. Black, 1960, p. 512
- ↑ The Longcrofts: 500 Years of a British Family by James Phillips-Evans (2012).