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- 1 2 "TEMPLE, Henry, 1st Visct. Palmerston [I] (c.1673-1757), of East Sheen, Surr. and Broadlands, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ↑ "No. 6136". The London Gazette . 5 February 1723. p. 1.
- ↑ Cokayne, George Edward (1900) Complete Baronetage . Volume I. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. LCCN 06-23564. p. 143
- ↑ Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage . Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. LCCN 06-23564. p. 25
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage. 1865. p. 268.
