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- ↑ History of Parliament Staff - Biography
- ↑ Knights, Mark (15 April 2019). "The History of Parliament: The House of Lords, 1660–1715, ed. Ruth Paley". The English Historical Review. 134 (566): 221–224. doi:10.1093/ehr/cey368. ISSN 0013-8266.
