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- ↑ ‘ADDISON’,Who's Who 2017,A &C Black,an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc,2017.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019.
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 1977.
