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- 1 2 3 George Nugent, Obituaries: Viscount Cowdray, The Independent , 21 January 1995
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- ↑ The Peerage, entry for Lady Pamela Bridgeman
- ↑ "Viscount and Viscountess Cowdray with their bridesmaids and page boy". National Portrait Gallery.
- ↑ "Lionel Geoffrey Stopford Sackville 1932-2013". 5 November 2013.
- ↑ "Liza Jane Pearson".
- ↑ The Peerage, entry for 3rd Viscount Cowdray