1ST See also:

• EARL

EARL See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

BAKER See also:

• HOLROYD, SIR CHARLES (1861– )

HOLROYD See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• 1ST EARL JOHN BAKER HOLROYD SHEFFIELD

SHEFFIELD  of (1735-I&21), See also:

• ENGLISH

English politician, came of a See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• FAMILY

family, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of which had settled in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . He inherited considerable See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, and in 1769 bought See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place in See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex from See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord de la Warr . Having served in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army he entered the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons in 178o, and in that See also:

• YEAR

year was prominent against Lord See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon and the rioters . In 1783 he was created an Irish peer as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Sheffield of See also:

• ROSCOMMON
• ROSCOMMON, WENTWORTH DILLON, 4TH EARL OF (c. 163o-1685)

Roscommon, a See also:

• BARONY

barony of the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom (Sheffield of Sheffield, Yorks) being added in 1802 . In 1816 he was created See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount See also:

• PEVENSEY

Pevensey and See also:

• EARL

earl of Sheffield . He was a See also:

• GREAT

great authority on farming, and in 18o3 he was made See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture; but he is chiefly remembered as the friend of See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon (q.v.), whose See also:

• WORKS

works he afterwards edited . His son and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson succeeded as 2nd and 3rd earls, the latter (1832–1909) being a well-known See also:

• PATRON

patron of See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

cricket, at whose See also:

• DEATH

death the earldom became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . The Irish barony, however, under a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder, passed to the 4th baron See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley of Alderley, who thus became Baron Sheffield of Roscommon .