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See also:SHEFFIELD, See also:JOHN See also:BAKER See also:HOLROYD, 1ST See also:EARL of (1735-I&21), See also:English politician, came of a See also:Yorkshire See also:family, a See also:branch of which had settled in See also:Ireland. He inherited considerable See also:wealth, and in 1769 bought Sheffield See also:Place in See also:Sussex from See also:Lord de la Warr. Having served in the See also:army he entered the See also:House of See also:Commons in 178o, and in that See also:year was prominent against Lord See also:George See also:Gordon and the rioters. In 1783 he was created an Irish peer as See also:Baron Sheffield of See also:Roscommon, a See also:barony of the See also:United See also:Kingdom (Sheffield of Sheffield, Yorks) being added in 1802. In 1816 he was created See also:Viscount See also:Pevensey and earl of Sheffield. He was a See also:great authority on farming, and in 18o3 he was made See also:president of the See also:Board of See also:Agriculture; but he is chiefly remembered as the friend of See also:Gibbon (q.v.), whose See also:works he afterwards edited. His son and See also:grandson succeeded as 2nd and 3rd earls, the latter (1832–1909) being a well-known See also:patron of See also:cricket, at whose See also:death the earldom became See also:extinct. The Irish barony, however, under a See also:special See also:remainder, passed to the 4th baron See also:Stanley of Alderley, who thus became Baron Sheffield of Roscommon.
End of Article: SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL
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