John Holles, 1st Earl Clare^[1]

1564 - 1637  (~ 73 years)

• Name	John Holles
  Suffix	1st Earl Clare
  Birth	Mar 1564	Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Will probated	6 Feb 1637
  	His will (dated 31 May 1599) was probated on 6 February 1637
  Death	4 Oct 1637	Clare Palace, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
  Burial	7 Oct 1637	St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  Notes	http://www.thepeerage.com/p17480.htm#i174793 Sir John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare was born in May 1564 at «u»Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Denzill Holles«/u» and «u»Eleanor Sheffield«/u».«sup»1«/sup» He married «u»Anne Stanhope «/u», daughter of «u»Sir Thomas Stanhope «/u» and «u»Margaret Port «/u», on 23 May 1591 at «u»Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»2«/sup» He died on 4 October 1637 at age 73 at «u»Clare Palace, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He was buried on 7 October 1637 at «u»St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» His will (dated 31 May 1599) was probated on 6 February 1637/38.«sup»1«/sup» Sir John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare was educated at «u»Christ's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England «/u».«sup»3«/sup» He was admitted to Gray's Inn.«sup»3«/sup» He fought in the Spanish Armada in 1588.«sup»3«/sup» He was invested as a Knight on 15 October 1593 by the Lord Deputy.«sup»3«/sup» He fought in the against the Turks in Hungary in 1597.«sup»3«/sup» He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Nottinghamshire between 1604 and 1611.«sup»3«/sup» He held the office of Comptroller to the Household of the Prince of Wales between 1610 and 1612.«sup»3«/sup» He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Nottinghamshire in 1614.«sup»3«/sup» He was created «i»1st Baron Houghton of Houghton, co. Nottingham [England]«/i» on 9 July 1616.«sup»3«/sup» He was created «i»1st Earl of Clare, co. Suffolk [England]«/i» on 2 November 1624.«sup»3«/sup» He lived at «u»Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»3 1. «/sup»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 248. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i». 2.George Edward Cokayne, editor, «i»The Complete Baronetage«/i», 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 248. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Baronetage«/i». 3. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume III, page 247.
  Person ID	I39853	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Denzel Holles   d. 12 Apr 1590
  Mother	Eleanor Sheffield,   b. Abt 1537, Butterwick, Lincoln, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Stanhope,   b. Abt Feb 1576   d. 18 Nov 1651, Piazza, Covent Garden, London, England (Age ~ 75 years)
  Children	1. Sir John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare,   b. 13 Jun 1595, Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England d. 2 Jan 1666, Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F8341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.