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- ↑ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage , vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- ↑ "WILMOT, Sir Charles (c.1571-bet.1643/4), of Scotland Yard, Westminster". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ↑ Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
- ↑ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 226.
- 1 2 3 4 5 The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
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