John Holt (judge)
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Sir John Holt (1642-1710) was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 17 April 1689 to 11 March 1710.
He was born in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), the son of Thomas Holt, MP for that town, and was educated at Abingdon School, Gray's Inn and Oriel College, Oxford. He purchased Redgrave Manor, 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."
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| Preceded by: Robert Wright |
Lord Chief Justice 1689–1710 |
Succeeded by: John Parker, 1st Baron Parker |
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