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Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield

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133: 641: 580: 653: 647: 522: 527: 148:, in April 1909, aged 77. Rumoured to be homosexual, he remained unmarried, and on his death the earldom became extinct. However, he was succeeded in his junior title of Baron Sheffield, which had a special remainder that allowed it to be passed through female lines, by his first cousin once removed, 101:, and held numerous matches there, many of them against touring teams from overseas, and some of them of first-class standing. Concerned with the declining standard of cricket in Australia, he organised, financed and managed the 746: 707: 564: 806: 796: 700: 102: 693: 476: 149: 791: 557: 625: 751: 736: 393: 79: 761: 550: 801: 776: 341: 55: 665: 493: 443: 389: 75: 59: 51: 402: 398: 422: 413: 110: 311: 669: 369: 180: 618: 741: 771: 766: 484: 90: 756: 174: 781: 611: 126: 786: 662: 27: 408: 378: 426: 332: 731: 726: 360: 337: 132: 118: 86: 591: 434: 382: 282: 173: 450: 257: 677: 595: 534: 640: 199: 141: 114: 31: 500: 466: 232: 579: 67: 533:
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from 1857 to 1865. In 1876 he succeeded his father in the earldom.
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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Conservative
Sheffield Shield
Marylebone
London
George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield
the former Lady Harriet Lascelles
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood
Eton College
Constantinople
Copenhagen
Member of Parliament
Sussex East
first-class match
private ground
Uckfield
Sussex
English tour of Australia in 1891–92
W. G. Grace
New South Wales Cricket Association
Sheffield Shield
first-class cricket
Australia
Sussex County Cricket Club

Beaulieu-sur-Mer
France
Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley
Lee, Sidney
"Holroyd, Henry North" 
Dictionary of National Biography

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