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- ↑ Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales, from the Earliesr Times to the Present Day, 1541-1895: Comprising Lists of the Representatives, Chronologically Arranged Under Counties, with Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members, Together with Particulars of the Various Contested Elections, Double Returns and Petitions. Priv. print. for the author by E. Davis and Bell. p. 5.
- 1 2 Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 5. p. 27.
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
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