John Holt (judge)
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Sir John Holt (23 December 1642 – 5 March 1710) was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 17 April 1689 to 5 March 1710.
He was born in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), the son of Sir Thomas Holt, MP for that town, and was educated at Abingdon School, Gray's Inn and Oriel College, Oxford. He purchased Redgrave Manor in Suffolk, which had been the seat of the Bacon family in 1702, when debts forced the fifth baronet, Sir Robert Bacon, to sell the estate. A letter in the Bodleian Library reads: "The celebrated Dr Radcliffe, the physician ... took special pains to preserve the life of LCJ Holt's wife, whom he attended out of spite to her husband, who wished her dead." Sir John Holt's sister Susan was married to Francis Levett, Esq., tobacco merchant and brother of Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London.[1]
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Maynard John Elwill |
Member of Parliament for Bere Alston with John Elwill 1689 |
Succeeded by John Elwill Sir John Trevor |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Robert Wright |
Lord Chief Justice 1689–1710 |
Succeeded by Sir John Parker |
