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- ↑ "Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1902–1955), Lord Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, as a Page at the Coronation of George V, 1911". artuk.org. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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