Jane, Lady Herdman (née Holt; 1867 – 1922) was a student and early patron of the University of Liverpool and was an education committee member in Liverpool in the early twentieth century.
Jane Herdman was the daughter of Alfred Holt, a Liverpool ship owner, merchant and engineer, and Catherine Long.
[2] She married William Abbott Herdman, who held the chair in Natural History at the University College, in 1893 at Toxteth Park Registry Office.
Holders of the chair include:[10] In 1920, Mrs Herdman donated three acres of land near Greenbank Lane to the governors of Blackburne House School,[11] to improve the sporting facilities for girls (the Holts had a long established philanthropic involvement with this school - Jane's grandfather, George Holt, was the founder of the school).
Lady Herdman was a member of the Education Committee and was chairman of the Girls School Committee from 1911 to 1922[12] After Lady Herdman's death in 1922, her widower made a further endowment of £20,000 towards the building of new geological laboratories which were named in remembrance of his wife.