Lawrence Durning Holt, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLawrence Durning Holt
British businessman
Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1882
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1961
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Lawrence Durning Holt
- Lawrence Durning Holt (17 November 1882 – 1961) was a businessman with interests in shipping and co-founder of the Outward Bound in 1941, along with Kurt Hahn, an educator.Lawrence Durning Holt was born in 1882 to Robert Durning Holt and Lawrencina Potter, a daughter of businessmen Richard Potter.
- Holt was part of a close-knit family that had business interests in the Blue Funnel Shipping Line and its associated companies, such as the Ocean Steam Ship Company.
- By the 1920s, Holt was a partner in and managing director of the Ocean Steam Ship Company.Holt was Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1929-1930, as his father had been in 1892-1893.According to Heathcote (1971), "for five years, Lawrence Holt persuaded his partners to underwrite the loss on the school and to help with staff and stores.
- When time and experience were ripe for the development of other Outward Bound schools, the (Outward Bound) Trust was formed to carry on the work."
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