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- ↑ "Official Roll of the Baronetage". Standing Council of the Baronetage. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ↑ "Sir Reresby Sitwell, Bt". Telegraph. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ chris@monkey-see-monkey-do.com. "Crossover Capital Ltd". Crossovercapital.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
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