 1595 - 1666 (70 years)
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| Name |
John Holles |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
2nd Earl of Clare |
| Birth |
13 Jun 1595 |
Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
2 Jan 1666 |
Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Burial |
23 Jan 1666 |
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Will probated |
30 May 1666 |
- His will (dated 12 August 1659) was probated on 30 May 1666
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| Notes |
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p6156.htm#i61555
Sir John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare was born on 13 June 1595 at «u»Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Sir John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare «/u» and «u»Anne Stanhope «/u».«sup»1,2«/sup» He married «u»Hon. Elizabeth de Vere «/u», daughter of «u»Horatio de Vere, 1st and last Baron Vere of Tilbury «/u» and «u»Mary Tracy «/u», on 4 September 1626 at «u»St. Batholomew's-the-Great, London, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He died on 2 January 1665/66 at age 70 at «u»Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He was buried on 23 January 1665/66 at «u»St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» His will (dated 12 August 1659) was probated on 30 May 1666.«sup»1«/sup»
Sir John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for East Retford from February 1623/24 to June 1626.«sup»1«/sup» He was styled as «i»Lord Houghton«/i» between 2 November 1624 and 1637.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight on 2 June 1625 at «u»Greenwich, London, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Baron Houghton of Houghton, co. Nottingham [E., 1616]«/i» on 4 October 1637.«sup»1«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Earl of Clare, co. Suffolk [E., 1624]«/i» on 4 October 1637.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1642 to 1643.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Warden of Sherwood Forest in March 1645/46.«sup»1
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. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 824. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i».
4. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume III, page 249.
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| Person ID |
I57245 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2009 |
| Father |
John Holles, 1st Earl Clare, b. Mar 1564, Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England d. 4 Oct 1637, Clare Palace, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Stanhope, b. Abt Feb 1576 d. 18 Nov 1651, Piazza, Covent Garden, London, England (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Family ID |
F8341 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hon. Elizabeth Vere, b. Abt 1608, Tilbury, London, England d. Dec 1683 (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Sep 1626 |
St. Batholomew's-the-Great, London, England |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F551615274 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2009 |
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