Sources

Clergydatabase

https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayPerson.jsp?PersonID=66869

ACAD

HLRT818JJ

Holroyd, James John.
Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, Apr. 6, 1818. [7th] s. of [Sir] George Sowley [Judge of the King's Bench (for whom see D.N.B.)]. B. in London. School, Harrow. Matric. Lent, 1819; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1835. Ord. deacon (London) Mar. 7, 1830; priest, June 6, 1830. R. of Abberton, Essex, 1830-76. Married, Sept. 12, 1833, Sophia, dau. of Samuel Tyssen, Esq., of Narborough Hall, Norfolk, and had issue. Author, Translations from Lessing. Died Feb. 3, 1876. Buried at Abberton. Brother of George C. (1808). (Burke, C.G., I. 29; Crockford; Clergy List.)