1st Baron Holles

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1st Baron Holles was an English statesman and leading parliamentary opponent of Charles I who played a prominent role in the political conflicts leading up to and following the English Civil War.

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Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles 13
1st Baron Holles canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English politician
peer
statesman
burialPlace St Peter's Church, Dorchester
child Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
createdPeerageTitle Baron Holles of Ifield
linked to: Baron Holles
dateOfBirth 1599-10-31
dateOfDeath 1680-02-17
dateOfPeerageCreation 1661
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Gray's Inn
familyName Holles
father John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
givenName Denzil
language English
laterPoliticalAlignment Royalist sympathiser after 1647
memberOf Parliament of England
monarchServed Charles II of England
mother Anne Stanhope
nobleTitle Baron Holles
notableFor involvement in the attempted arrest of the Five Members
leading parliamentary opponent of Charles I
opposition to arbitrary royal power
role in events leading to the English Civil War
notableWork Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles
The Holles Papers
opposed Independents in the Long Parliament
trial and execution of Charles I
parliamentaryFaction Presbyterian
placeOfBirth Haughton, Nottinghamshire
placeOfDeath Dorchester, Dorset
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian (early English Civil War)
positionHeld English ambassador to France
Member of Parliament for Dorchester
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
Member of Parliament for Mitchell
Member of Parliament for Preston
Privy Counsellor
religion Anglicanism
residence Dorchester, Dorset
servedIn Convention Parliament of 1660
Long Parliament
spouse Dorothy Ashley
Jane Shirley
supported Presbyterian settlement in Church of England
Restoration of Charles II
wasPresentAt attempted arrest of the Five Members, 1642

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Denzil Holles nobleTitle 1st Baron Holles
Holles family hasMember Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Holles hasNotableBearer Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Dorothy Ashley spouse Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Baron Holles hasFirstHolder Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Baron Holles associatedWith Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Baron Holles hasTitleHolder Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare child Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare notableRelative Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Anne Stanhope motherOf Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Anne Stanhope hasChild Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Anne Stanhope relative Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Holles family notableMember Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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Holles family memberOfParliamentFromFamily Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
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