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- ↑ A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire by John Burke.
- ↑ ALEXANDER MCCLINTOCK OF DRUMCAR (1692-1775) Turtle Bunbury
- ↑ The Peerage Of Ireland: Or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom With Engravings Of Their Paternal Coats Of Arms : Collected from Public Records, Authentic Manuscripts, Approved Historians, Well-attested Pedigrees and Personal Information, Volume 6 by John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall.
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