On 21 Dec 1735 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield was born.
In 1781 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 45) was created 1st Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath.
In 1783 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 47) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1783 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 47) was created 1st Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon.
In 1789 Sylvester Douglas 1st Baron Benverbie (age 45) and [his future sister-in-law] Catherine Anne North Baroness Benverbie (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford (age 56) and Anne Speke Countess Guilford (age 49).
Before 1793 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 57) and Abigail Way Countess Sheffield were married. She by marriage Countess Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath.
In 1793 [his wife] Abigail Way Countess Sheffield died.
In 1796 [his son-in-law] John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 29) and [his daughter] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley were married. She the daughter of John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 60) and Abigail Way Countess Sheffield.
On 20 Jan 1798 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 62) and Anne North Countess Sheffield (age 37) were married. She by marriage Countess Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford and Anne Speke Countess Guilford.
In 1802 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 66) was created 1st Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire.
On 16 Mar 1802 [his son] George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd 2nd Earl Sheffield was born to John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 66) and [his wife] Anne North Countess Sheffield (age 42).
In 1816 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 80) was created 1st Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath and 1st Viscount Pevensey.
In 1817 [his sister-in-law] Catherine Anne North Baroness Benverbie (age 57) died.
On 30 May 1821 John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 85) died. He was buried at Sheffield Family Mausoleum Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Fletching. His son [his son] George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd 2nd Earl Sheffield (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 2nd Viscount Pevensey, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire.
On 18 Jan 1832 [his former wife] Anne North Countess Sheffield (age 71) died.
[his daughter] Daughter Holroyd was born to John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield and Abigail Way Countess Sheffield.
[his daughter] Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley was born to John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield and Abigail Way Countess Sheffield.