Holles family

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The Holles family was an influential English aristocratic lineage prominent in politics and society from the 16th to 18th centuries.

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Holles family canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family
activity court politics
landownership
parliamentary politics
associatedSeat Clare, Suffolk
Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire
Welbeck Abbey
country Kingdom of England
ethnicity English
floruit 16th century
17th century
18th century
historicalEra Georgian era
Stuart period
Tudor period
linked to: Tudor England
legacy titles and estates passed by inheritance and marriage into other noble families
memberOfParliamentFromFamily Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
linked to: 1st Baron Holles

multiple Holles family members
nativeLanguage English
nobleTitleHeld Baron Houghton
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Earl of Clare
notableFor holding peerage titles in the English nobility
influence in 17th-century English politics
notableMember Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
linked to: 1st Baron Holles

Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare
John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare
John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare
origin gentry family elevated to the peerage
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian (English Civil War)
politicalRole members served as Members of Parliament
members served as peers in the House of Lords
region Nottinghamshire
Yorkshire
religion Church of England
socialClass nobility
sphereOfInfluence English aristocracy
English politics
House of Commons of England
House of Lords
status extinct in the male line

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Lady Grace Holles memberOf Holles family
Pelham-Holles associatedWithFamily Holles family
Holles hasNotableFamily Holles family
Baron Holles namedAfter Holles family
Baron Holles nobleFamily Holles family