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- ↑ "Stone, Sir Roy (Alexander)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2019). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ↑ "Private Secretary to the Government Chief Whip (Commons)", M2 Communications, 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2020: "Royal Stone has been appointed to succeed Sir Murdo Maclean ... [he] takes up his appointment on 30 November 2000 ... [he] joined the Chief Whip's Office in 1998 and is currently deputy to Sir Murdo...". Stone's entry in Who's Who states that he was PPS from 1998, but this is clearly in error.
- 1 2 "New Year Honours - High Awards" (Cabinet Office, 28 December 2018). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ↑ Jill Sherman, "Chief Whip's link to retire", The Times , 4 September 2000, p. 11.
- ↑ The London Gazette , 1 December 2013 (supplement, no 60728), p. 9.
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