George Sowley Holroyd

Sir George Sowley Holroyd (31 October 1758 – 21 November 1831) was an English lawyer and justice of the King's Bench.

He was eldest son of George Holroyd, by Eleanor, daughter of Henry Sowley of Appleby, Westmorland, was born at York on 31 October 1758.

[1] In April 1774 Holroyd was articled to a London attorney named Borthwick, and then entered Gray's Inn in 1777.

He at this time associated with Samuel Romilly, Edward Christian, and John Baynes, and with them founded a legal debating society.

[1] In 1787 Holroyd married Sarah, daughter of Amos Chaplin of Brydges Street, Covent Garden, London.