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- ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "D", part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - 1 2 Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 340. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
- ↑ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
