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- ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (19 October 2008). "Bond baddie goes fashionably green". The Sunday Independent . p. 6.
- ↑ "Death of Lady Blofeld". Peerage News. July 2013.
- ↑ Profile, CricketArchive
- ↑ Appeal court frees 'M25 Three', BBC News, 17 July 2000
- ↑ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ed12 Blofeld, J". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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