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About John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield
Lieutenant-Colonel John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, was a British Army officer, politician and writer. He was a leading authority on agriculture and commerce and appointed President of the Board of Agriculture in 1803. He is also remembered as the close friend and patron of eminent historian Edward Gibbon, to whom he acted as literary executor and editor.
Everything about John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- England
- Born
- December 21, 1735
- Died
- May 30, 1821