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- ↑ Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 319.
- ↑ Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 321.