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- ↑ Army List for 1740, p. 75
- 1 2 Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Sixteenth, or the Bedfordshire Regiment of Foot (1848) p. 41.
- ↑ "No. 10190". The London Gazette. 9–13 March 1762. p. 1.
- ↑ Letter of Junius to Lord North, 22 August 1770.
- ↑ "No. 11039". The London Gazette. 1–5 May 1770. p. 1.
- ↑ "No. 11802". The London Gazette. 2–6 September 1777. p. 2.