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- ↑ "No. 32668". The London Gazette . 11 April 1922. p. 2916.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets