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- ↑ Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 196. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- 1 2 Paterson, James (1847). History of the County of Ayr: with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire, Vol. 1. Ayr, Scotland: John Dick. p. 417.
- ↑ Paterson 1847, p. 416.
- ↑ Paterson 1847, p. 413.
- 1 2 3 4 Jenkins, Terry. "BLAIR, William (-d.1841), of Blair, nr. Dalry, Ayr and 18 Downing Street, Westminster, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- 1 2 3 Jenkins, Terry. "Ayrshire". The History of Parliament Online. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ "On this Day: 22 November 1830: The Formation of Earl Grey's Government". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- 1 2 "Mr William Blair". Hansard 1803–2005. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ Urban, Sylvanus (April 1789). "DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES". The Gentleman's Magazine. 59 (4): 371. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ Paterson 1847, p. 417.
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