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- ↑ "HER MAJESTY'S LORD-LIEUTENANT FOR POWYS". demserv.powys.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.
- ↑ "No. 50602". The London Gazette. 21 July 1986. p. 9605.
- ↑ "No. 55227". The London Gazette. 17 August 1998. p. 8943.
- ↑ "Queen appoints new Lord-Lieutenant of Powys". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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