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- 1 2 3 Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation, Volume 1. Edinburgh and London: A. Fullerton & Co. pp. 210.
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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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