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- ↑ O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ↑ Burke, Bernard, Sir. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. (London: Harrison, 1869), p.500.
- ↑ www.burkespeerage.com
