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References
- ↑ Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson on The Peerage database
- 1 2 3 Burke's Peerage , volume 2, 2003, page 2873
- ↑ Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson on Cracroft's Peerage
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