About George Holcroft
Lived 1856 – 1951 (aged 94). George Holcroft was a British businessperson.
Sir George Harry Holcroft, 1st Baronet (1856 – 19 April 1951) was an English coal mine owner and philanthropist.
The fourth son of William Holcroft of Brierley Hill, he matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1876, graduating BA in 1879 and MA in 1883. He was chairman of Littleton Collieries. He also served as high sheriff of Staffordshire from 1913 to 1914. Like his uncle, Sir Charles Holcroft, he was a great benefactor to the University of Birmingham, and for these services he was created a Baronet in the 1921 New Year Honours. In 1923 he served as Treasurer of the Royal Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury. His home was at Eaton Mascott Hall, near Shrewsbury.
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British businessman
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George Holcroft was born on 14 August 1856.
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George Holcroft died on 19 April 1951.
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