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- ↑ Burke's Landed Gentry 1965, p. 73, Boissier pedigree
- ↑ Obituary: Peter Boissier Daily Telegraph, 22 January 2005
- ↑ Thousands line the Clyde to see HMS Dragon roar for first time Glasgow Herald, 17 November 2008
- 1 2 Paul Boissier Civil Society
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 2004
- ↑ Royal Navy appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 2008
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 2010
- ↑ Mark Dowie RNLI, May 2019
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