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By 1814 Harry & Ann Holt had moved from #Lambeth to #London’s East End taking up residence in Bethnal Green where they had their first child who was Baptised in St Matthews (pic). Harry was working as a Carpenter/Builder constructing new housing around #Shoreditch & #BethnalGreen

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21Jun1830

After incurring a £800 gambling debt, well known and respected pugilist Tom Shelton kills himself by drinking Prussic Acid (Hydrogen Cyanide) at his public house the ‘Ship’ in Montague Court, #Bishopsgate #London aged 43

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20Jun1826

The Morning Post reports on the UK General Election in #Huntingdonshire where #Whig candidate Lord John Russell (future #PrimeMinister 1846-52 & 1865-66) employed ‘London Pugilists’ to keep the polling station open so ‘agents’ could gather more voters from the countryside to increase his numbers.

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#OTD 21Feb1843 Jack McGRATH defeats Tom MALEY in 76 rounds & 2hr48min at Canvey Island, #Essex (past #Gravesend). Harry HOLT reports the match for The Era newspaper.

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#OnThisDay 23Jan1827 Young GAS defeats Robinson in 25 rounds & 35min at the Monmouth Cap Inn, near the ruins of an old #Priory at #Llangua #Monmouthshire in front of 4000 spectators with the ground covered in snow. GAS Seconded by Burns & Curtis, Robinson by Spring & Harry HOLT.

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Harry Holt’s ‘Golden Cross’ shouldn’t be confused with another ‘Golden Cross Inn’ a short distance away in Charing Cross where coaches departed daily for destinations like #Dover, #Brighton & #York and where #CharlesDickens set scenes from his novels #DavidCopperfield & The #Pickwick Papers.

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#HELL, or #HELLS: Gambling-houses at the West End of the town. #Grose1823

Gambling Houses in the East End or of a lower class were referred to as #Black_Hells.

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#OnThisDay 30Dec1828 Jack Perkins, the ‘Oxford Pet’ defeats Dick Curtis in 11 rounds & 23min on the Parish Meadow close to the banks of the #Thames at #Hurley Bottom, #Berkshire. Perkins was Seconded by Tom Spring & Harry HOLT, and Curtis by Josh Hudson & Young Dutch Sam. (£100 a side).

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#LondonBeerFlood: Henry #Meux & Co ‘Horse Shoe Brewery’ in #Westminster (pic: 1764-1921). On 17th October 1814 a large vat ruptured & up to 323,000imp gallons (1,470,000L) of beer spilled into neighbouring houses killing 8 people in what was referred to as the ‘London Beer Flood’

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#OnThisDay 20Dec1824 METCALF defeats Captain PARKER in a pedestrian running match of 1/4 mile (400m) for £1000 at #Sunbury Common. METCALF won 54 1/2sec to Captain Parker’s 55 1/2sec.

‘The Captain was attended by Harry Holt, who occasionally sparred and walked with him’

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‘Fives Court-the amphitheatre wherein our free gladiators try their skill previous to more serious combats…On the stage, rendered as it were a classic spot by the efforts of those ‘giants of the Ring’ Crib, Spring, Harmer, Randall, Turner, Eales, Holt...’ WeeklyDispatch15Feb1824

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Tuesday was the #LondonPrizeRing’s designated fight day but when no fight was arranged the Pugilistic Club held a Benefit for a Boxer at 2pm in the Fives’ Court, St Martin’s Ln (St), Leicester Square on a spot where the Sainsbury Wing of The #NationalGallery #London stands today.

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Jack Randall the ‘Nonpareil’(no match or equal, #unrivalled/#unparalleled) was Seconded by Paddington Jones & Dick Whale, Harry Holt by Ned Painter & Jack Clarke. Randall was #undefeated in 16x Prizefights but being the same height & weight as Harry Holt (#Light_Weight) he was ineligible for a Championship Title.

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Jack Randall the ‘Nonpareil’(no match or equal, #unrivalled/#unparalleled) was Seconded by Paddington Jones & Dick Whale, Harry Holt by Ned Painter & Jack Clarke. Randall was #undefeated in 16x Prizefights but being the same height & weight as Harry Holt (#Light_Weight) he was ineligible for a Championship Title.

#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History

Jack Randall the ‘Nonpareil’(no match or equal, #unrivalled/#unparalleled) was Seconded by Paddington Jones & Dick Whale, Harry Holt by Ned Painter & Jack Clarke. Randall was #undefeated in 16x Prizefights but being the same height & weight as Harry Holt (#Light_Weight) he was ineligible for a Championship Title.

#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History

Jack Randall the ‘Nonpareil’(no match or equal, #unrivalled/#unparalleled) was Seconded by Paddington Jones & Dick Whale, Harry Holt by Ned Painter & Jack Clarke. Randall was #undefeated in 16x Prizefights but being the same height & weight as Harry Holt (#Light_Weight) he was ineligible for a Championship Title.

#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History

#OnThisDay 10Dec1822 Tom HICKMAN the 'Gaslight Man'(pic) & his patron Mr ROE are killed after their single horse ‘chaise’ crashed near #Whetstone on the way home from watching Tom SHELTON defeat Josh HUDSON at @HarpendenCommon 25mi from #London

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