Peter Holford

[6] Robert Holford took advantage of the situation in 1742 to acquire from Richard the younger a farm at Beckhampton in lieu of a debt repayment.

[5] Westonbirt village was the scene in 1716 of a rough music incident that was homophobic, but also anti-clerical and directed against Holford as lord of the manor.

), and belonged to a dining club within it that met in house on The Strand, with a membership in which physicians predominated, and including Henry Cavendish.

[14][15] In 1770 Holford laid the foundation stone for its new offices in Fleet Street, on what had been the site of the Dorset Garden Theatre.

[16] An obituary notice in 1804 stated that Peter Holford had remained Governor until recently; and had died "immensely rich".