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- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7069627.stm Nomination of David Lunan - BBC news report, 30 October 2007
- ↑ Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI (page 158 and 344), T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0-567-08750-6