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- 1 2 3 Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation, Volume 1. Edinburgh and London: A. Fullerton & Co. pp. 210.
- ↑ Daniel Defoe. "A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe: Letter XIII: Northern Scotland: Part 1". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- 1 2 Cokayne, George Edward (1887). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. p. 220. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Balfour, Robert (d.1757)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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