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Family and Education
b. 31 Oct. 1598, 2nd s. of Sir John Holles† and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope† of Shelford, Notts.; bro. of John Holles†.CP. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1613, BA 1615, MA 1616; G. Inn, 9 Mar. 1615; travelled abroad 1618-19.Al. Cant.; G Inn Admiss. 137; APC, 1618-19, p. 100. m. (1) 4 June 1626, Dorothy (d. 21 June 1640), da. and h. of Sir Francis Ashley† of Dorchester Friary, 4s. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 12 Mar. 1642, Jane (bur. 25 Apr. 1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shirley† of Ifield, Suss., wid. of Sir Walter Covert† of Slaugham and John Freke† of Westbrooke, Upwey, Dorset, s.p.; (3) 14 Sept. 1666, Esther (d. 1684), da. and coh. of Gideon le Lou of Colombiers, Normandy, wid. of Jacques Richer of Combernon, Normandy, s.p. cr. Baron Holles of Ifield, 20 Apr. 1661. d. 17 Feb. 1680.CP; Eg. 784, f. 88v.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Dorchester 1628,Recs. of Dorchester ed. Mayo, 425. Poole 1671.Dorset RO, DC/PL/B/1/1.

Local: capt. militia ft. W. Dorset 1636.Dorset RO, D84. Commr. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660-aft. Jan. 1673;C181/7, ff. 38, 632. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662.C181/7, f. 148. J.p. Dorset 6 Aug. 1641 – 15 July 1642, Mar. 1660-aft. 1663; Wilts. 26 Aug. 1641 – 10 June 1642, Mar. 1660-aft. 1663; Hants 17 Dec. 1641–10 June 1642. Custos rot. Dorset 20 Aug. 1641–15 July 1642, 10 Mar. 1660-aft. 1663. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642C66/2858; C231/5, pp. 475, 478, 481, 495, 528–30; Bayley, Dorset, 385; C193/12/3, ff. 23, 109v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ., 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/5, ff. 189, 221; C181/7, ff. 94, 636. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642,SR. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647;A. and O. Bristol 1642;SR. Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647; Surr. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647; Notts. 23 June 1647. Ld. lt. Bristol 5 Mar. 1642–? Commr. sequestration, Dorset, Wilts. 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Dorset, Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. Notts. 20 June 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645. Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646.A. and O. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Notts., Surr., Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.PJ ii. 403. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 393a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a. Member, cttee. for sequestrations by 19 Sept. 1643;SP20/1, ff. 62v, 71v. cttee. for foreign affairs, 7 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 620a; LJ vi. 698a. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 12 Oct. 1646, 7 Apr. 1647;CJ iv. 690b, 693b; LJ ix. 127b. cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676A. and O. Commr. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648. 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676LJ x. 492b. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660. 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676A. and O. PC,, 24 June 1679–d.CP. Commr. trade, 7 Nov. 1660–72; plantations, 1 Dec. 1660–70. 29 Apr. 1662 – 28 May 1666Officials of Boards of Trade, 1660–1870 ed. Sainty, 101. High steward to Queen Catharine of Braganza, 1662–d. 29 Apr. 1662 – 28 May 1666CTB iv. 154; PC2/55, f. 30; SP29/47/116. Amb. France,; plenip. Breda, 22 Mar.-13 Sept. 1667.Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives ed. Bell, 24, 115. Commr. subsidy, peerage, 1671.C66/3125/14.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Aug.–Dec. 1642.SP28/1a/215; SP28/4/375.

Parlimentarian
HOLLES, Denzil (1598-1680), of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Damerham, Wilts.
: of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Wilts., Damerham.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown;Private colln. oils, C. Spooner;Parliamentary Art Colln. line engraving, R. White, 1699;BM; NPG. fun. monument, St Peter’s, Dorchester, Dorset.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOLLES, Denzil or Denzell (1598-1680), of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Damerham, Wilts.

Will
26 July. 1670, pr. 27 Feb. 1680.PROB11/362/319.
Estates
on d. of father-in-law from 1st m. (1635) acquired lands in borough of Dorchester and parishes of Frome Whitfield, Cerne Abbas and West Chaldon, Dorset, said to be worth £1,200 p.a.Dorset Hearth Tax, 8, 19, 55, 115. Through 2nd m. enjoyed wife’s jointure lands in Surr. and Suss. including Ifield. Income at d. may have been around £5,000 p.a.P. Crawford, Denzil Holles, 1598-1680: a study of his political career (1979), 226-7.
Oxford 1644
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