Francis Ludlow Holt (1780 – 29 September 1844) was a legal and dramatic author.

Life

Francis Ludlow is cited as born in 1780, the son of the Rev. Ludlow Holt, LL.D., of

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...

, Hertfordshire, the author of some sermons published in 1780–1. A baptism is cited for 1779 in Watford. He was elected a king's scholar of

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in 1794, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1798. He was called to the bar at the

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27 January 1809, and went on the northern circuit. He became a king's counsel and bencher of the

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in 1831, and treasurer of that inn in 1840. He was an Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioner, and was

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from 1826 till his death. He received the appointment from Lord Bexley, on the retirement of Sir Giffin Wilson. He was succeeded by

Horace Twiss Horace Twiss KC (28 February 1787 – 4 May 1849) was an English writer and politician. Life Twiss was born at Bath, Somerset, the son of Francis Twiss (1760–1827) and his wife Frances née Kemble (sister of Sarah Siddons née Kemble). He wa ...

, esq. Q.C. Holt died on 29 September 1844 at Earls Terrace, Kensington. In 1809, by licence he married Jane Bell, a niece of John Bell, proprietor of '' Bell's Weekly Messenger'', of which he was for many years the principal editor.

Holt's writings

* ''The Law and Usage of Parliament in Cases of Privilege and Contempt,'' 1810. * ''The Law of Libel,'' 1812, 1816; :reviewed by Lord Brougham in ‘Edinburgh Review,’ September 1816; American edition 1818. Republished in 2005. * ''Reports of Cases ruled and determined at Nisi Prius, in the Court of Common Pleas., and on the Northern Circuit, from the Sittings after Trinity Term, 55 Geo. III, 1815, to the Sittings after Michaelmas Term, 58 Geo.III, 1817, both inclusive,'' vol. i (the only one published), 1818. *
A System of the Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain, and of the Laws relating to Merchant Ships and Seamen and Maritime Contracts
'' 1st edition, 1820; 2nd edition, 1824. * ''The Bankrupt Laws, as established by the New Act, 6 Geo. IV, c.16,'' 1827. :He wrote also one or two dramatic pieces, and published in 1804 a comedy, * ''The Land we live in,'' :which was successful as a literary work (it reached a third edition in 1805), though, according to Genest unsuitable to the stage, the author having sacrificed plot to dialogue; it was acted at Drury Lane on one night in 1805.Baker, ''Biog. Dram.'' ii. 363

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References

*''Alumni Weston'', pp. 440, 449, 450 *''Ann. Reg.'' 1844, p. 272 *Brit. Mus. Cat. ;Attribution 1780 births 1844 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People from Watford People educated at Westminster School, London English barristers English legal professionals 19th-century English lawyers {{UK-law-bio-stub