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- ↑ Woronzow, HumphrysFamilyTree, accessed 4 April 2012. Catherine Vorontsov's father, Count Semyon Vorontsov, the Russian ambassador to Britain, brought the family to London in 1785.
- 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Hon. William Henry Smith", The Peerage, p. 2712, accessed 10 October 2012
- ↑ Eden, Richard. "Abba singer’s lover becomes a viscount". The Telegraph, 12 August 2012
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