NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sheffield, John Holroyd, Earl of, 1735-1821 NRA: Holroyd John Baker (1735-1821) 1st Earl of Sheffield statesman DNB: Holroyd, John Baker, first earl of Sheffield (1741-1821), politician LBT ID: LdSheff1 VIAF ID: 66520928 LOC ID: n50022142 | B/BAP: 1741-12-21 DIED: 1821-05-30 |
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The friend of Edward Gibbon; MP and lord of the Board of Trade (1809), he edited Gibbon's
Miscellaneous Works (1796) and Memoirs
(1826). | |
REFERENCES TO John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield: John Murray to Lord Byron, 29 August 1813 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1:
¶ 3 John Murray to Lord Byron, 26 February 1814 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1:
¶ 1 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.;
with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXIII. 1794 Found 1:
¶ 14 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. III. 1788-1792 Found 1:
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