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- ↑ ThePeerage.com (entry #73757) http://www.thepeerage.com/p7376.htm#i73757 (Accessed 7 March 2015)
- ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 1 p. 397
- ↑ Henry E Huntington Library, STT 1731 which refers to Harry the eldest son (b.1616-d. before his father)
- ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 1 p. 397
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