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Alexandre Holroyd Alexandre Holroyd (born 17 May 1987) is a French politician who also holds British citizenship. He was elected to the National Assembly for La République En Marche! (later Renaissance) in the 2017 legislative election in the 3rd constituency ...

, French politician *

Charles Holroyd Sir Charles Holroyd (9 April 1861 – 17 November 1917) was an English artist and curator. He was Keeper of the Tate from 1897 to 1906, and Director of the National Gallery from 1906 to 1916. Biography Early years Charles Holroyd was born ...

(1861–1917), English artist and curator *

Chris Holroyd Christopher Holroyd (born 24 October 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. Holroyd started his football career at Crewe Alexandra, progressing through the club's youth system. He subsequently joined Chester City ...

(born 1986), English footballer *

Edward Dundas Holroyd Sir Edward Dundas Holroyd (25 January 1828 – 5 January 1916)R. G. De B. Griffith,, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 412-413. Retrieved 1 August 2009 was a judge, active in Australia. __NOTOC__ Early life Holroyd ...

(1828–1916), Australian judge * Edwin Holroyd (1855–1914), English cricketer *

Fred Holroyd Captain Frederick John Holroyd is a former British soldier who was based at the British Army's 3 Brigade HQ in mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland during the 1970s. He enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and three years later, in 1964, he was c ...

, British soldier in Northern Ireland in the 1970s *

Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield (18 January 1832 – 21 April 1909), styled Viscount Pevensey until 1876, was an English Conservative politician and patron of cricket. The Sheffield Shield is named after him. Life Born in Marylebone, L ...

John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (21 December 1735 – 30 May 1821) was an English politician who came from a Yorkshire family, a branch of which had settled in the Kingdom of Ireland. Biography His grandfather was Isaac Holroyd (164 ...

Michael Holroyd Sir Michael de Courcy Fraser Holroyd (born 27 August 1935) is an English biographer. Early life and education Holroyd was born in London, the son of Basil de Courcy Fraser Holroyd (a descendant of Sir George Sowley Holroyd, Justice of the King' ...

(born 1935), English biographer *

Shelley Holroyd Shelley Holroyd OLY (born 17 May 1973) is a British Olympic javelin thrower. Athletics career Holroyd was the sixth British javelin thrower to throw over 60 metres (1993) and the first thrower to reach an Olympic Games since Tessa Sanderson. At ...

(born 1973), English female javelin thrower *

Stuart Holroyd Stuart Holroyd (born 10 August 1933) is a British writer.''Contemporary Authors'' (Thomson Gale, 1 January 2004) Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, he first came to prominence for the philosophical and critical works produced during his close associ ...

(born 1933), British writer *

Thomas Holroyd Thomas Holroyd (1821 – 10 March 1904) was an English portrait and landscape painter working in Harrogate, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Before his marriage he undertook painting tours to the United States, Canada, Europe, Egypt, Russia ...

(1821–1904), British portrait and landscape painter

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Holroyd, New South Wales Holroyd is a small suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Holroyd is located west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Cumberland Council. The previous local government area of Holroyd ...

, a suburb of Sydney, Australia *

Holroyd River The Holroyd River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the river rise south of Mount White in the McIlwraith Range in the Great Dividing Range. It then flows ...

, a locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia *

City of Holroyd The City of Holroyd was a local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. First proclaimed in July 1872 as the "Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood", it became the "Municipality of Pro ...

, a defunct local government area in western Sydney, Australia

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Holroyd v Marshall ''Holroyd v Marshall'' (1862) 10 HLC 191, 11 ER 999 was a judicial decision of the House of Lords. In that case the House of Lords affirmed that under English law a person could grant a mortgage or other security interest over future property, ...

'', a 1862 judicial decision of the House of Lords, U.K. * Holroyd High School, Greystanes, New South Wales *

, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

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