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- ↑ "Owen Morshead" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66332.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Sir Robin Mackworth-Young".
- 1 2 Royal Collection Trust Annual Report 2013-2014, p. 14
- ↑ "RCE AR 2014" – via view.digitalissue.co.uk.