Sarah, Lady Holte
Sarah, Lady Holte | |
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Portrait c. 1763 | |
| Born | Sarah Newton December 1723 |
| Died | 1 April 1794 (aged 70) Aston Hall, Warwickshire, England |
| Occupations | Landowner and heiress |
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Sarah, Lady Holte (née Newton; December 1723 – 1 April 1794), was an English landowner and heiress. She was raised in Staffordshire. Her family owned lands and hundreds of slaves cultivating sugar on the Caribbean island of Barbados. In 1755, she became the third wife of Sir Lister Holte, 5th Baronet, and lived with him at Aston Hall in Warwickshire.
Sir Lister's death in 1770 prompted a dispute regarding his will, which bequeathed her Aston Hall and most of his possessions and effectively disinherited his niece, Mary. Lister's brother and successor, Sir Charles, pursued legal action to dispute the will but Sarah prevailed in court. She later also inherited her family's properties in Barbados. She died childless and left her estates to various family members.