Sheffield, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, EARL OF (1735-1821), is chiefly known as the friend of Gibbon (q.v.) and editor of his miscellaneous works. He wrote numerous pamphlets on the slave-trade, the corn laws, the navigation laws, and on commercial and agricultural questions.
Sheffield, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, EARL OF
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 383
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