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- ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1363
- ↑ "CECIL, Lord Thomas (1797-1873), of Burghley House, Northants. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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