Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet

Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet (October 1603 – 19 January 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679.

Holland was the son of Sir Thomas Holland of Quiddenham, Norfolk and his wife Mary Knyvet, daughter of Sir Thomas Knyvet. He was created a baronet, of Quiddenham by King Charles 1 on 15 June 1629.^[1]

In April 1640, Holland was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the Short Parliament. His fellow parliamentarians asked Holland to rid his house of any Catholics, but he refused. He offered his wife religious freedom but he took great efforts to try and ensure that his children were all protestant - and failed.^[2]

In November 1640 he was elected MP Castle Rising in the Long Parliament and held the seat until he was excluded in Pride's Purge in 1648.^[3] Holland was re-elected for Castle Rising in the Convention Parliament in 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for Aldeburgh in the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat to 1679.^[3]

Holland died aged ninety-seven.^[1]

Private life[]

Holland married Alathea Panton, daughter of John Panton of Bruinshop, Denbighshire, and widow of William, Lord Sandys, of the Vine. Their daughter Catherine Holland was born in 1637 and she struggled against her fathers wish that she should be a protestant. After years of struggle she would be a noted nun in Bruges.^[2] His son Thomas predeceased him and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Holland, Catherine [name in religion Mechtildis] (1637–1720), Roman Catholic convert, nun, and autobiographer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/105823. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b History of Parliament Online - Holland, Sir John

Parliament of England
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1640 With: Sir Edmund Moundeford	Succeeded by Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet Sir Edmund Moundeford
Preceded by Thomas Talbot Nicholas Harman	Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1640–1648 With: John Spelman	Succeeded by Not represented until 1659
Preceded by Not represented in restored Rump	Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1660 With: John Spelman	Succeeded by Sir Robert Paston Robert Steward
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Quiddenham) 1629–1701	Succeeded by John Holland

[Burke-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies

[cathy-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Holland, Catherine [name in religion Mechtildis] (1637–1720), Roman Catholic convert, nun, and autobiographer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/105823. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[HOP-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b History of Parliament Online - Holland, Sir John

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