Holroyd may refer to: People Alexandre Holroyd, French politician Charles Holroyd (1861–1917), English artist and curator Chris Holroyd (born 1986), English footballer Edward Dundas Holroyd (1828–1916), Australian judge Edwin Holroyd (1855–1914), English cricketer Fred Holroyd, British soldier in Northern Ireland in the 1970s Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield Michael Holroyd (born 1935), English biographer Shelley Holroyd (born 1973), English female javelin thrower Stuart Holroyd (born 1933), British writer Thomas Holroyd (1821–1904), British portrait and landscape painter Places Holroyd, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia Holroyd River, a locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia City of Holroyd, a defunct local government area in western Sydney, Australia Other uses Holroyd v Marshall, a 1862 judicial decision of the House of Lords, U.K. Holroyd High School, Greystanes, New South Wales Holroyd River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia See also Holyrood (disambiguation)