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- ↑ Wikisource:Tuke, Samuel (1784-1857) (DNB00)
- 1 2 "William Tuke (Chairman 1934-1936)". Barclays. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Alexandrina Buchanan (1997). A Guide to Archival Accessions at the Borthwick Institute, 1981-1996. Borthwick Publications. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-903857-74-1 . Retrieved 7 August 2015.