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George Sowley Holroyd

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262: 268: 27: 226: 239: 93:, Holroyd continued to practise as a junior. In 1811 he distinguished himself in the case of Burdett v. Abbott, in which he appeared for the plaintiff 346: 307: 132:
In 1787 Holroyd married Sarah, daughter of Amos Chaplin of Brydges Street, Covent Garden, London. Of his fourteen children by her, six survived him.
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as a judge of the king's bench. On 17 November 1828 poor health compelled him to retire, and he died at his house at Hare Hatch,
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26 June 1787, and joining the northern circuit, obtained a practice both at assizes and at Westminster.
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In April 1774 Holroyd was articled to a London attorney named Borthwick, and then entered
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is Sir George's direct descendant, through his son, George Chaplin Holroyd (1790-1871).
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He was eldest son of George Holroyd, by Eleanor, daughter of Henry Sowley of
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in 1770, but his father lost money and he was unable to go to university.
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This United Kingdom law-related biographical article is a
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justice of the King's Bench

Appleby
Westmorland
York
Harrow School
Gray's Inn
Sir Alan Chambre
special pleader
Samuel Romilly
Edward Christian
John Baynes
called to the bar
take silk
Sir Francis Burdett
Charles Abbott
Guernsey
Sir Henry Dampier
Berkshire
Wargrave
Lord Brougham
Sir Michael Holroyd
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