HOLLES, John (1662-1711) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 9 Jan. 1662, 1st s. Gilbert Holles, 3rd earl of Clare, and Grace (d.1702), da. of Hon. William Pierrepont^‡ of Thoresby, Notts. educ. travelled abroad (France and Italy) 1674-?8. CSP Dom. 1673-5, p. 345; UNL, Portland (Bentinck) mss Pw1 144-45; Pw2 439; HMC Portland, ii. 192. m. 1 Mar. 1690 (with £20,000), Margaret (1661-1716), da. and coh. Henry Cavendish, 2nd duke of Newcastle, 1 da. KG 30 May 1698. d. 15 July 1711; will 29 Aug. 1707, pr. 6 July 1715. TNA, PROB 11/548.

Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber 1689 – 91; PC 29 Mar. 1705 – d.; ld. privy seal 1705 – d.; commr. union with Scotland 1706. Lockhart Mems, 118.

Ld. lt. Mdx. Mar. 1689 – Feb. 1692, June 1711 – d., Notts. June 1694 – d., Yorks. (E. Riding) Aug. 1699 – d., Yorks. (N. Riding) Apr. 1705 – d.; custos rot. Mdx 1689 – 92, Notts. 1694 – d., Yorks. (E. Riding) 1699 – d.; warden, Sherwood Forest 1699-d.; CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 113. gov., Kingston-upon-Hull 1699–d.; Ibid. p. 243. high steward, Dorchester 1701–d.; C.H. Mayo, Municipal Recs. of Dorchester, 376, 443. c.j. in eyre, Trent North May 1711 – d.

Parlimentarian

HOLLES, John, Lord Houghton (1662-1711), of Haughton, Notts. and Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx.

Associated with: King’ Square, Soho; Welbeck, Notts.; Wimpole, Cambs.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, University of Nottingham; line engraving by R. White aft. Sir G. Kneller, c.1698, NPG D19764.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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