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- ↑ Trust, National. "The Bullingdon Club in the quadrangle of Christ Church. The Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, later Captain the Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1880-1915) is sitting in the second row, two from left and has a flower in his lapel. 889936.9". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ↑ "Percy, Col Lord William (Richard), (17 May 1882–8 Feb. 1963), late Grenadier Guards". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u48391. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1 . Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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