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- ↑ Thomas Richards. "PENNANT (and DOUGLAS-PENNANT) family, of Penrhyn, Llandygâi, Caerns.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ↑ Gordon, Charles The Old Bailey and Newgate pp.331-2. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1902
- ↑ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.338
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