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- Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume VI (Edinburgh, 1909) pages 497-499
- Charles Dalton, The Scots Army 1661-1688 (London and Edinburgh, 1909) Part II, page 22, note 1
- Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland' (London and Aylesbury, 1882) page 65