John Baker Holroyd, Baron Sheffield
John Baker Holroyd was born in 1735. In 1781 he was created Baron Sheffield of Dunamare, Co. Meath in the Peerage of Ireland and in 1802 created Baron Sheffield of Sheffield, Co. York in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was President of the Board of Agriculture, a Lord of Trade and one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. He was known in the literary world as a writer on political economy.
From the guide to the Papers of John Baker Holroyd, Baron Sheffield, 1554-1830, (Senate House Library, University of London)
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