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Lieutenant-Colonel '''Sir Martin Archer-Shee''', [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (5 May 1873 &ndash; 6 January 1935) was a [[British people|British]] [[British Army|army]] officer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Lieut.-Colonel Sir M. Archer-Shee. The Army And Politics|date=7 January 1935|work=[[The Times]]|page=19}}</ref><ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|F|date=March 2012}}</ref><ref name="rayment"/><ref name="whoswho">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U205336 |title=ARCHER-SHEE, Lt.-Col. Sir Martin|work=Who Was Who |publisher=A & C Black |date=1920–2008 |accessdate=28 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="whoswho"/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruf_wQolYV0C&pg=PA221&dq=Martin+Archer-Shee+finsbury&hl=en&ei=nHBaTuD2OeLksQKf-qCLDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Martin%20Archer-Shee%20finsbury&f=false |title=Rebel on the Right: Henry Page Croft and the Crisis of British Conservatism 1903–1914|author=Larry L. Witherell |date=|page=221 |accessdate=28 August 2011}}</ref>
| name = Sir Martin Archer-Shee
| honorific-prefix = [[Lieutenant-Colonel]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of St Michael & St George|CMG]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]
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| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury]]
| term_start = 10 February 1910
| term_end = 6 December 1923
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| successor = [[George Gillett (politician)|Sir George Gillett]]
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| relations = [[Alfred Shipley Pell]] (grandfather)
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| rank = [[Lieutenant-Colonel]]
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'''Sir Martin Archer-Shee''' [[Order of St Michael & St George|CMG]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (5 May 1873 – 6 January 1935) was a [[British people|British]] [[British Army|army]] officer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.
He was the son of Martin Archer-Shee and his wife Elizabeth Edith Dennistoun ''née'' Pell of New York<ref name="obit" /> who married in 1872 at Piccadilly. His father was a bank manager and grandson of the painter [[Martin Archer Shee]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} His half-brother was [[George Archer-Shee]], renowned for his part in a famous court case whilst a Royal Navy cadet. .

==Background==
He was the son of Martin Archer-Shee (1846-1913) and his wife Elizabeth Edith Dennistoun (1851-1890) ([[née]] Pell) of New York<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Lieut.-Colonel Sir M. Archer-Shee. The Army And Politics|date=7 January 1935|work=[[The Times]]|page=19}}</ref> who married in 1872 at Piccadilly. His maternal grandfather was the American insurance executive [[Alfred Shipley Pell]]. His father was a bank manager of the [[Bank of England]], was the grandson of the painter [[Martin Archer Shee]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} His half-brother was [[George Archer-Shee]], whose notable acquittal of the accusation of theft became the basis of the play ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'' by [[Terence Rattigan]].<ref name="powell">{{cite book |title=To Keep the Ball Rolling: Infants of the Spring |url=https://archive.org/details/tokeepballrollin0003powe |url-access=registration |year=1976 |first=Anthony |last=Powell |authorlink=Anthony Powell |page=[https://archive.org/details/tokeepballrollin0003powe/page/61 61] |publisher=Heinemann|isbn=9780434599226 }}</ref>


==Royal Navy==
==Royal Navy==
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Archer-Shee was educated at [[The Oratory School]] before entering the [[Royal Navy]] as a cadet in 1886.<ref name="obit" /> After two years on the training ship [[HMS Prince of Wales (1860)|HMS ''Britannia'']] he became a [[midshipman]] on {{HMS|Agincourt|1865|6}}, part of the [[Channel Fleet]], later transferring to {{HMS|Cleopatra|1878|6}}.<ref name="obit" /> He later joined [[Castaways' Club|The Castaways' Club]] to keep in touch with his former service.

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Archer-Shee was educated at [[The Oratory School]] before entering the [[Royal Navy]] as a cadet in 1886.<ref name="obit" /> After two years on the training ship ''[[HMS Prince of Wales (1860)|HMS Britannia]]'' he became a [[midshipman]] on ''[[HMS Agincourt (1865)|HMS Agincourt]]'', part of the [[Channel Fleet]], later transferring to ''[[HMS Cleopatra (1878)|HMS Cleopatra]]''.<ref name="obit" /> He later joined [[Castaways' Club|The Castaways' Club]] to keep in touch with his former service.


==Boer War==
==Boer War==
In 1890 he resigned from the navy in order to enter the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military College Sandhurst]] and to become an officer in the [[British Army]].<ref name="obit" /> He obtained a commission in the [[19th Royal Hussars|19th Hussars]], and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] on 7 February 1897. He served in the [[Second Boer War]] 1899-1902, where he took part in operations in [[Colony of Natal|Natal]], including the [[defence of Ladysmith]], and in the [[Transvaal Republic|Transvaal]] from July to November 1900. The award of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) followed in November 1900 for his services during the early part of the war.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27359 |date=27 September 1901 |page=6305}}</ref> In February 1902 he was wounded near [[Kromdraal]] when he captured enemy soldiers ([[mentioned in despatches]] 25 April 1902<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27428 |page=2769 |date=25 April 1902}}</ref>), and he was invalided home in May,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The War - Return of Troops |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=28 May 1902 |page_number=9 |issue=36779| }}</ref> shortly before the end of hostilities. Following the war he was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|Captain]] on 15 August 1902, and received the rank of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Major (British Army)|Major]] a week later. He resigned from the army in 1905.<ref name="obit" />
In 1890 he resigned from the navy in order to enter the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military College Sandhurst]] and to become an officer in the [[British Army]].<ref name="obit" /> He obtained a commission as [[second lieutenant]] in the [[19th Royal Hussars|19th Hussars]] on 15 March 1893, and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 7 February 1897. He served in the [[Second Boer War]] 1899–1902, where he took part in operations in [[Colony of Natal|Natal]], including the [[defence of Ladysmith]], then in the [[Transvaal Republic|Transvaal]] from July to November 1900.<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1903</ref> The award of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) (dated 29 November 1900) for his services during the early part of the war, was announced in the September 1901 South African Honours list.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27359 |date=27 September 1901 |page=6305}}</ref>


In February 1902, he was wounded near [[Kromdraal]] when he captured enemy soldiers ([[mentioned in dispatches]] 25 April 1902<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27428 |page=2769 |date=25 April 1902}}</ref>), and he was invalided home in May that year,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War – Return of Troops |date=28 May 1902 |page=9 |issue=36779}}</ref> shortly before the official end of hostilities.
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In the same year he married Frances Pell, and the couple had seven children.<ref name="obit" />

Following the war he was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 15 August 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27476 |page=6078 |date=23 September 1902}}</ref> and received the rank of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Major (British Army)|major]] a week later on 22 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27490|date=31 October 1902 |page=6898}}</ref> He resigned from the army in 1905.<ref name="obit" />

In the same year he married Frances Pell (1878-1959), born in Manhattan to Alfred Walden and Mary Kirkland (Tracy) Pell. Frances's aunt Frances Louisa Tracy married the banker [[J. P. Morgan]]. At their wedding in Highland Falls, New York, Morgan gave the bride away. [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] attended the wedding.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

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Martin and Frances Archer-Shee had seven children:<ref name="obit" />

* John Pell Archer-Shee, 1906-1980.
*Richard Martin Archer-Shee, 1907-1963.
*Edith Frances Archer-Shee, 1908-1989.
*Kathleen Winifred Archer-Shee, 1908-1985.
*Lucy Mary Archer-Shee, 1910-1988.
*Philip Archer-Shee, 1911-1993
*Robert Alfred Archer-Shee, 1912-1988.


==Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central==
==Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central==


At the [[United Kingdom general election, January 1910|January 1910 general election]] he was elected to the [[United Kingdom House of Commons|House of Commons]] as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury Central]], winning the seat for the Conservatives and unseating the [[Liberal-Labour (UK)|Liberal-Labour]] MP, [[William Charles Steadman|W C Steadman]].<ref name="rayment" /> In parliament he was an advocate of [[Tariff Reform]] and argued for the case for an enlargement of the navy.<ref name="obit" />
At the [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910 general election]] he was elected to the [[United Kingdom House of Commons|House of Commons]] as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury Central]], winning the seat for the Conservatives and unseating the [[Liberal-Labour (UK)|Liberal-Labour]] MP, [[William Charles Steadman|W. C. Steadman]].<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|F|date=March 2012}}</ref> In parliament he was an advocate of [[Tariff Reform]] and argued for the case for an enlargement of the navy.<ref name="obit" />


His half-brother was [[George Archer-Shee]], whose expulsion from [[Osborne Naval College]] inspired the play ''[[The Winslow Boy]]''. Archer-Shee used his political connections to secure the services of [[Edward Carson]] in George's court case.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZG63y98ucvgC&lpg=PA62&dq=%22Martin%20Archer%20Shee%22%20winslow&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=%22Martin%20Archer%20Shee%22%20winslow&f=false |title=Carson: The Man Who Divided Ireland By |first=Geoffrey |last=Lewis |pages=61–2 |isbn=1-85285-570-3 |publisher=Continuum |year=2006 }}</ref>
Archer-Shee was able to use his political connections to secure the services of [[Edward Carson]] in the court case involving his half-brother, George.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZG63y98ucvgC&pg=PA61 |title=Carson: The Man Who Divided Ireland By |first=Geoffrey |last=Lewis |pages=61–2 |isbn=1-85285-570-3 |publisher=Continuum |year=2006 }}</ref>


==First World War==
==First World War==


With the outbreak of war in 1914, Archer-Shee rejoined the army. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and commanded three different infantry [[battalion]]s during the conflict: the 12th Battalion [[Gloucestershire Regiment]], the 2/4th Battalion [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] and the 10th Battalion [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]. He was mentioned in dispatches four times, and was made a [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] for his services.<ref name="obit" />
With the outbreak of war in 1914, Archer-Shee rejoined the army. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and commanded three different infantry [[battalion]]s during the conflict: the [[12th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Bristol's Own)]], the 2/4th Battalion [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] and the 10th Battalion [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]. He was mentioned in dispatches four times, and was made a [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] for his services.<ref name="obit" /> Following an altercation in Parliament, [[Noel Pemberton Billing]] offered Archer-Shee a duel by [[Marquess of Queensberry Rules|boxing]] in public for charity; Archer-Shee declined.<ref>A Challenge in the Trenches ''The Times'' 25 July 1917</ref>


==Member of Parliament for Finsbury==
==Member of Parliament for Finsbury==
At the [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 general election]] Archer-Shee was elected MP for the new constituency of [[Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury]], parliamentary boundaries having been altered by the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]]. He held the seat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922 general election]], and was [[knight bachelor|knighted]] in 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32840|date=29 June 1923|page=4609|supp=y}}</ref> He was defeated in [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923]] by his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] opponent, [[George Masterman Gillett]].<ref name="rayment" /> He attempted to re-enter parliament in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|following year]], but failed to be elected at [[Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)|Peckham]].<ref name="obit" /> This was to be his last electoral contest: although his name was proposed when a vacancy occurred at Fulham East in 1933, he chose not to stand in the ensuing [[Fulham East by-election, 1933|by-election]].<ref name="obit" />
At the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]] Archer-Shee was elected MP for the new constituency of [[Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury]], parliamentary boundaries having been altered by the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]]. He held the seat at the [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]], and was [[knight bachelor|knighted]] in 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32840|date=29 June 1923|page=4609|supp=y}}</ref> He was defeated in [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]] by his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] opponent, [[George Masterman Gillett]].<ref name="rayment" /> He attempted to re-enter parliament in the [[1924 United Kingdom general election|following year]], but failed to be elected at [[Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)|Peckham]].<ref name="obit" /> This was to be his last electoral contest: although his name was proposed when a vacancy occurred at Fulham East in 1933, he chose not to stand in the ensuing [[1933 Fulham East by-election|by-election]].<ref name="obit" />

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Archer-Shee died at his home Ashurst Lodge, [[Sunninghill, Berkshire]] in January 1935, aged 61, after a long illness.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34145|date=26 March 1935|page=2091}}</ref> Following a [[requiem mass]] at [[South Ascot]] Friary he was buried in Sunninghill.<ref name="obit" />


==Arms==
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Archer-Shee died at his home Ashurst Lodge, [[Sunninghill, Berkshire]] in January 1935, aged 61, after a long illness.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34145|date=26 March 1935|page=2091}}</ref> Following a [[requiem mass]] at [[South Ascot]] Friary he was buried in Sunninghill.<ref name="obit" />
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|notes = Confirmed 30 January 1926 by [[Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson]], [[Ulster King of Arms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000810941/StaffViewMARC#tabnav |publisher=National Library of Ireland |accessdate=24 August 2022 |page=169 |title=Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M}}</ref>
|escutcheon = Quarterly 1st & 4th per bend indented Or and Azure two fleurs-de-lys counterchanged (Shee) 2nd & 3rd Azure three arrows Argent (Archer).
|crest = On wreaths of the colours 1st a swan with wings addorsed Sable beaked Or 2nd a centaur Proper armed with a bow and arrow.
|mantling = Gyles doubled Argent.
|motto = Vincit Veritas}}


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Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Martin Archer-Shee
CMG DSO
Member of Parliament
for Finsbury
In office
10 February 1910 – 6 December 1923
Preceded byWilliam Charles Steadman
Succeeded bySir George Gillett
Personal details
Born(1873-05-05)5 May 1873
Died6 January 1935(1935-01-06) (aged 61)
Political partyConservative
RelationsAlfred Shipley Pell (grandfather)
Education
Military service
Branch/service

Sir Martin Archer-Shee CMG DSO (5 May 1873 – 6 January 1935) was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician.

Background

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He was the son of Martin Archer-Shee (1846-1913) and his wife Elizabeth Edith Dennistoun (1851-1890) (née Pell) of New York[1] who married in 1872 at Piccadilly. His maternal grandfather was the American insurance executive Alfred Shipley Pell. His father was a bank manager of the Bank of England, was the grandson of the painter Martin Archer Shee.[citation needed] His half-brother was George Archer-Shee, whose notable acquittal of the accusation of theft became the basis of the play The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan.[2]

Royal Navy

[edit]

Archer-Shee was educated at The Oratory School before entering the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1886.[1] After two years on the training ship HMS Britannia he became a midshipman on HMS Agincourt, part of the Channel Fleet, later transferring to HMS Cleopatra.[1] He later joined The Castaways' Club to keep in touch with his former service.

Boer War

[edit]

In 1890 he resigned from the navy in order to enter the Royal Military College Sandhurst and to become an officer in the British Army.[1] He obtained a commission as second lieutenant in the 19th Hussars on 15 March 1893, and was promoted to lieutenant on 7 February 1897. He served in the Second Boer War 1899–1902, where he took part in operations in Natal, including the defence of Ladysmith, then in the Transvaal from July to November 1900.[3] The award of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) (dated 29 November 1900) for his services during the early part of the war, was announced in the September 1901 South African Honours list.[4]

In February 1902, he was wounded near Kromdraal when he captured enemy soldiers (mentioned in dispatches 25 April 1902[5]), and he was invalided home in May that year,[6] shortly before the official end of hostilities.

Following the war he was promoted to captain on 15 August 1902,[7] and received the rank of brevet major a week later on 22 August 1902.[8] He resigned from the army in 1905.[1]

In the same year he married Frances Pell (1878-1959), born in Manhattan to Alfred Walden and Mary Kirkland (Tracy) Pell. Frances's aunt Frances Louisa Tracy married the banker J. P. Morgan. At their wedding in Highland Falls, New York, Morgan gave the bride away. Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the wedding.[citation needed]

Martin and Frances Archer-Shee had seven children:[1]

  • John Pell Archer-Shee, 1906-1980.
  • Richard Martin Archer-Shee, 1907-1963.
  • Edith Frances Archer-Shee, 1908-1989.
  • Kathleen Winifred Archer-Shee, 1908-1985.
  • Lucy Mary Archer-Shee, 1910-1988.
  • Philip Archer-Shee, 1911-1993
  • Robert Alfred Archer-Shee, 1912-1988.

Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central

[edit]

At the January 1910 general election he was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Finsbury Central, winning the seat for the Conservatives and unseating the Liberal-Labour MP, W. C. Steadman.[9] In parliament he was an advocate of Tariff Reform and argued for the case for an enlargement of the navy.[1]

Archer-Shee was able to use his political connections to secure the services of Edward Carson in the court case involving his half-brother, George.[10]

First World War

[edit]

With the outbreak of war in 1914, Archer-Shee rejoined the army. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and commanded three different infantry battalions during the conflict: the 12th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Bristol's Own), the 2/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment and the 10th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was mentioned in dispatches four times, and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his services.[1] Following an altercation in Parliament, Noel Pemberton Billing offered Archer-Shee a duel by boxing in public for charity; Archer-Shee declined.[11]

Member of Parliament for Finsbury

[edit]

At the 1918 general election Archer-Shee was elected MP for the new constituency of Finsbury, parliamentary boundaries having been altered by the Representation of the People Act 1918. He held the seat at the 1922 general election, and was knighted in 1923.[12] He was defeated in 1923 by his Labour Party opponent, George Masterman Gillett.[9] He attempted to re-enter parliament in the following year, but failed to be elected at Peckham.[1] This was to be his last electoral contest: although his name was proposed when a vacancy occurred at Fulham East in 1933, he chose not to stand in the ensuing by-election.[1]

Archer-Shee died at his home Ashurst Lodge, Sunninghill, Berkshire in January 1935, aged 61, after a long illness.[13] Following a requiem mass at South Ascot Friary he was buried in Sunninghill.[1]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Martin Archer-Shee
Notes
Confirmed 30 January 1926 by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms.[14]
Crest
On wreaths of the colours 1st a swan with wings addorsed Sable beaked Or 2nd a centaur Proper armed with a bow and arrow.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th per bend indented Or and Azure two fleurs-de-lys counterchanged (Shee) 2nd & 3rd Azure three arrows Argent (Archer).
Motto
Vincit Veritas

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Obituary: Lieut.-Colonel Sir M. Archer-Shee. The Army And Politics". The Times. 7 January 1935. p. 19.
  2. ^ Powell, Anthony (1976). To Keep the Ball Rolling: Infants of the Spring. Heinemann. p. 61. ISBN 9780434599226.
  3. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  4. ^ "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6305.
  5. ^ "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2769.
  6. ^ "The War – Return of Troops". The Times. No. 36779. London. 28 May 1902. p. 9.
  7. ^ "No. 27476". The London Gazette. 23 September 1902. p. 6078.
  8. ^ "No. 27490". The London Gazette. 31 October 1902. p. 6898.
  9. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  10. ^ Lewis, Geoffrey (2006). Carson: The Man Who Divided Ireland By. Continuum. pp. 61–2. ISBN 1-85285-570-3.
  11. ^ A Challenge in the Trenches The Times 25 July 1917
  12. ^ "No. 32840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 1923. p. 4609.
  13. ^ "No. 34145". The London Gazette. 26 March 1935. p. 2091.
  14. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 169. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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