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{{citation}}: External link in|postscript= - ↑ ibid. : volume 2, page 2602
- ↑ ibid.: volume 1, page 605
- ↑ ibid.: volume 1, page 1232
- ↑ ibid.: volume 1, page 1385
- ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, vol. 1 (106th ed.), Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, p. 99, ISBN 978-1-57958-083-4 (Cited at thePeerage.com, which accessed 29 July 2020)
{{citation}}: External link in|postscript= - ↑ Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1450
- ↑ ibid.: volume 3, page 3510
- ↑ ibid.: volume 2, page 2415
- ↑ ibid.: volume 3, page 3567
- ↑ Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK, 26 August 2011 (Cited at thePeerage.com, which accessed 29 July 2020)
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- ↑ Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2426
- ↑ ibid.: volume 2, page 2859
- ↑ Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK, date not cited (Cited at thePeerage.com, which accessed 29 July 2020)
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 326
- ↑ ibid.: volume 3, page 3383
- ↑ NEWS > Year 2003 > April (Retrieved 24 June 2005; archived 26 May 2005 and accessed 29 July 2020)
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, volume 3, page 3167