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Authorised form of nameHolford; Peter (c 1719 - 1804)
Datesc 1719 - 1804
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1719
Date of death14 July 1804
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Westminster School; Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1735); St John's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1736)
Career:
Barrister (1740); Master in Chancery (1750-1804)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/02/1747
RelationshipsSon of Robert Holford, Master in Chancery, of London; Married anne, daughter of William Nutt of Buxted, Sussex; Father of Robert Holford (FRS 1805)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn
CodeNA1560
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1746/20Holford, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society12 February 1747
MM/5/39Memorial from the Royal Society to King George III concerning the Transit of Venus of 1769c.1768
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