Holwell, John Zephaniah
(1711–1798)
- D. L. Prior
Extract
Holwell, John Zephaniah (1711–1798), East India Company servant, was born on 17 September 1711 in Dublin, the son of Zephaniah Holwell (d. 1729), timber merchant of London, and his wife, Sarah Bott, and grandson of the astrologer John Holwell. He was educated at ...