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- ↑ Edward J. Davies, "A Descent of Tony Blair from James V, King of Scots", The Genealogist, 22(2008):247-55.
- ↑ Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661–1714, vol. I (London, 1892) p. 42.
- 1 2 3 Dalton, English Army Lists, vol. I, p. 177.
- 1 2 3 Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or the Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot (London, 1848) p. 85.
- ↑ Dalton, English Army Lists, vol. I, p. 278.
- ↑ Dalton, English Army Lists, vol. II (London, 1894) p. 109.
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