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- ↑ "No. 9529". The London Gazette . 15 November 1755. p. 1.
- ↑ "No. 10029". The London Gazette . 23 August 1760. p. 1.
- ↑ Possession of an Irish peerage did not automatically confer the holder membership to the British House of Lords, or preclude them from sitting in the British House of Commons.
- ↑ leighrayment.com Horncastle to Hythe [usurped]
- ↑ "No. 12286". The London Gazette . 9 April 1782. p. 1.
