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Alfred Holt
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Alfred Holt

British engineer, ship owner and merchant

Alfred Holt (13 June 1829 – 28 November 1911) was a British engineer, ship owner and merchant. He lived at Crofton, Sudley Road, Aigburth in Liverpool, England.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Alfred Holt (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1829, died Nov 28, 1911.1

About

Holt is credited with establishing the long distance steamship by developing a type that replaced sailing clippers on the route from Britain to China.

Alfred Holt was one of six brothers, born to George Holt and his wife, Emma. In 1866, he and his brother, Philip Holt founded the Alfred Holt and Company and the Ocean Steam Ship Company, which owned and operated the majority of the company's vessels. Alfred Holt & Co later became Blue Funnel Line.

One of his other brothers, George Holt, was also a noted Liverpool merchant and ship owner. His youngest brother, Robert Durning Holt, was Mayor of Liverpool. All were Unitarians.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alfred Holt, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Career

Occupation: engineer.4

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland5
  • ResidenceLiverpool6

Holt was married twice. He married his first wife, Catherine Long in 1865. They had a daughter, Jane (1867–1922), who married the marine biologist William Abbott Herdman; a son, George, who became one of the managers of the Blue Funnel Line; and another son, who died in his teens. After Catherine's death in 1869, Alfred Holt married her cousin, Frances Long (in 1871), with whom he had two more sons. The youngest son, also named Alfred (1877–1931), became a Reader in Chemistry at the University of Liverpool.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alfred Holt (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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