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5 unusual facts about Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield


Baron Sheffield

On the death in 1909 of the 3rd Earl of Sheffield, his earldom, the Pevensey viscountcy and the Sheffield baronies of 1781 and 1802 became extinct.

Bluebell Railway

The only time Sheffield Park received a substantial number of passengers was when Lord Sheffield entertained the Australian cricket team, with a match between them and Lord Sheffield's own team.

George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield

He died in April 1876, aged 74, and was succeeded in his titles by his second but eldest surviving son Henry.

Hugh Trumble

Trumble was not selected for the Australian team to play Lord Sheffield's touring English team in 1891–92.

Sheffield Park railway station

The station opened in 1882 at the request of the Earl of Sheffield, a local landowner and promoter of the The Lewes and East Grinstead Railway Act 1877 which authorised the construction of a line from East Grinstead to Lewes, now popularly known as the Bluebell Railway.


Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield

Born in Marylebone, London, Sheffield was the second but eldest surviving son of George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, and his wife Lady Harriet, daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood.


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