George Holt (merchant)

George Holt (1825 – 3 April 1896) was a Victorian ship owner, merchant and art collector from Liverpool.

[citation needed] He married fellow Liverpudlian Elizabeth Bright on 1 December 1853 and died on 3 April 1896.

[3] The Holts lived initially at Edge Lane, and then in West Derby before moving in 1884 to Sudley House in Aigburth, Liverpool.

[8] Aside from business interests and his role with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Holt was very involved with and supportive of both the experimental work of the physicist Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society.

[13] There is a Halls of Residence at Edge Hill University called Holt in his honour.