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Who was John Baker Holroyd, Lord Sheffield, in Edward Gibbonâs life?
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Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon, oil painting by Henry Walton, 1774; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
John Baker Holroyd, later known as Lord Sheffield, was a valuable friend to Edward Gibbon whom he met in Lausanne during the autumn and winter of 1763â1764. Their relationship proved significant to Gibbonâs legacy, as Holroyd eventually became the historian's literary executor.1