Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, styled Viscount Pevensey until 1876, was an English Conservative politician and patron of cricket. The Sheffield Shield is named after him.
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George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield FRS, styled Viscount Pevensey from 1816 to 1821, was a British Conservative politician.
Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield
…and patron of cricket. The Sheffield Shield is named after him. Born in Marylebone, London, Sheffield was the second but eldest surviving son of George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, and his wife the former Lady Harriet Lascelles, daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood. He was educated at Eton College, and served as a…
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