Francis Ludlow Holt

Francis Ludlow Holt (1780–29 September 1844) was a legal and dramatic author,.

Life

Francis Ludlow is cited as born in 1780, the son of the Rev. Ludlow Holt, LL.D., of Watford, Hertfordshire, the author of some sermons published in 1780-1. A baptism is cited for 1779 in Watford. [cite web
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He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple 27 Jan. 1809, and went on the northern circuit. He became a king’s counsel and bencher of the Inner Temple in 1831, and treasurer of that inn in 1840. He was an exchequer bill loan commission, and was vice-chancellor of the county palatine of Lancaster from 1826 till his death. He received the appointment from Lord Bexley, on the retirement of Sir Giffin Wilson. He was succeeded by Horace Twiss, esq. Q.C.

Holt died on 29 Sept. 1844 at Earl’s Terrace, Kensington. [cite book |title=The Gentleman's Magazine |origdate=|origyear= |origmonth= |url= http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1n_MJiukLTgC&pg=PA650&lpg=PA650|format= |accessdate=2008-08-08 |year=1844 |edition= |series= |volume= |publisher= |location= |pages=650 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] In 1809, by licence he married Jane Bell, [cite web
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title= Marriage of Francis Ludlow Holt and Jane Bell |accessdate= 2008-08-08 |work= IGI |publisher= Family Search] a niece of John Bell, proprietor of ‘Bell’s Weekly Messenger,’ of which he was for many years the principal editor.

Holt's writings

* "The Law and Usage of Parliament in Cases of Privilege and Contempt," 1810.
* "The Law of Libel," 1812, 1816;:reviewed by Lord Brougham in ‘Edinburgh Review,’ September 1816; American edition 1818. Republished in 2005. [Cite book | author=Holt, Francis; Bleecker, Anthony | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Law Of Libel: In Which Is Contained A General History Of This Law In The Ancient Codes, And Of Its Introduction, And Successive Alterations, In The Law Of England | date= | publisher=Lawbook Exchange | location= | isbn=978-1-58477-513-3 | pages=]
* "Reports of Cases ruled and determined at Nisi Prius, in the Court of Common Pleas., and on the Northern Circuit, from the Sittings after Trinity Term, 55 Geo. III, 1815, to the Sittings after Michaelmas Term, 58 Geo.III, 1817, both inclusive," vol. i (the only one published), 1818.
* " [http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&id=_yY1AAAAIAAJ A System of the Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain, and of the Laws relating to Merchant Ships and Seamen and Maritime Contracts] ," 1st edition, 1820; 2nd edition, 1824.
* "The Bankrupt Laws, as established by the New Act, 6 Geo. IV, c.16," 1827. :He wrote also one or two dramatic pieces, and published in 1804 a comedy,
* "The Land we live in,":which was successful as a literary work (it reached a third edition in 1805), though, according to Genest ["Hist. of the Stage", vii. 644] unsuitable to the stage, the author having sacrificed plot to dialogue; it was acted at Drury Lane on one night in 1805 [Baker, "Biog. Dram." ii. 363] .

References

*"Alumni Weston", pp.440, 449, 450
*"Ann. Reg." 1844, p.272
*Brit. Mus. Cat.

Persondata
NAME = Holt, Francis Ludlow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = legal and dramatic author
DATE OF BIRTH = 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH = Watford, Hertfordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH = 29 September 1844
PLACE OF DEATH = Kensington, Middlesex, England