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- ↑ "Montgomery, Sir Hugh Conyngham Gaston" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 4 September 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Montgomery, Sir Alexander" . Who's Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 4 September 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Walford, Edward (January 1860). The county families of the United Kingdom. p. 950.