Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles (1627–1690) was an

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statesman, and only child of

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC (31 October 1598 – 17 February 1680) was an English statesman, best remembered as one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War. When fighti ...

(best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King

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attempted to arrest in 1642) and his first wife Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir

Francis Ashley Sir Francis Ashley (24 November 1569 – 1635) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1625. Ashley was born at Damerham, the son of Sir Anthony Ashley of Damerham in Wiltshire and ...

. Francis inherited the peerage of Baron Holles from his father. Francis represented both the

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and

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British parliamentary

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. Whilst sitting for the latter, he was excluded from the

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, which took place in December 1648. A sculpture of Francis by

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exists in

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2 1627 births 1690 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1654–1655 Members of the Parliament of England for Dorchester {{17thC-England-MP-stub