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- ↑ "The Butlers of Duiske Abbey". The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. January 1868.
- ↑ The Peerage.
- 1 2 3 Burke, John, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire., Vol 1, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 501
- ↑ Burke, John, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire., Vol 1, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 502
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