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- 1 2 du Bellet, Louise Pecquet (1907). Some Prominent Virginian Families. Bell Company.
- ↑ "Titled American Dead; Lord Fairfax and Baron Cameron Passes Away in Maryland. Descendant of Great Scottish Family That Figures in English History -- New Peer Lived in This City". The New York Times. September 30, 1900.
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