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- ↑ The Very Rev. Richard Babington. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 13 December 1952; pg. 8; Issue 52494
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X