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- 1 2 "PETTY, Henry, 1st Baron Shelburne [I] (1675-1751), of Wycombe, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - 1 2 leighrayment.com Peerage: Severn to Sligo [Usurped!]
- ↑ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors - Ireland [Usurped!]
- ↑ thepeerage.com Henry Shelburne, 1st Earl of Shelburne
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