John Holker

This article is about the 19th-century lawyer and politician. For the 18th-century Jacobite soldier and industrial spy, see John Holker (Jacobite).

Caricature from Punch, 1881

Sir John Holker QC (1828 – 1882) was a British lawyer and politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from 1872 until his death ten years later. He was first Solicitor General and later Attorney General in the second government of Benjamin Disraeli.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Holker

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Thomas Hesketh Edward Hermon	Member of Parliament for Preston 1872–1882 With: Edward Hermon to 1881 William Farrer Ecroyd from 1881	Succeeded by William Farrer Ecroyd Henry Cecil Raikes
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Baggallay	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1874–1875	Succeeded by Sir Hardinge Giffard
Preceded by Sir Richard Baggallay	Attorney General for England and Wales 1875–1880	Succeeded by Sir Henry James