Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare (24 April 1633 – 16 January 1689) was an
English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
in 1660. He was styled Lord Haughton from 1637 until he succeeded to the title
Earl of Clare in 1666.
Life
Holles was the son of
John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare and Elizabeth Vere, daughter of
Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury. He was baptised at the
Church of St John-at-Hackney on 18 May 1633. His godfathers were his grandfathers,
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare and Horatio, Baron Vere: his godmother was
Mary Courteen, Countess of Kent.
He travelled abroad in 1645. In April 1660, he was elected
Member of Parliament for
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...
in the
Convention Parliament.
://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/holles-gilbert-1633-89 History of Parliament Online – Holles, Gilbert, Lord Houghton]
Holles died in 1689 and was buried at Haughton.
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Family
Holles married Grace Pierrepont, daughter of Hon. William Pierrepont (politician), William Pierrepont and Elizabeth Harris, on 9 July 1655 in St Giles in the Fields Church, London, England. They had seven children:
* Lady Grace Holles (1656 – 1700), married on 21 May 1686 Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton
* Lady Elizabeth Holles (1658 – 9 November 1725), married in 1676 Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard (21 May 1653 – 28 October 1723), was an English peer. He served in Parliament for Durham after his brother, Thomas, died 4 days after being elected the MP for Durham. Then, again from January 1689 to Novembe ...
* John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (9 January 1662 – 15 July 1711) was an English Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer and politician.
Early life
Holles was born in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, the son of the Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare ...
(1662 – 1711)
* Lady Mary Holles (1664 – 1715), married Hugh Boscawen
* Hon. William Holles (1666-1680), died young.
* Hon. Denzell Holles (1668 – 1680), died young.
* Lady Ann Holles (born 1674)
Coat of arms
References
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English MPs 1660
17th-century English nobility
Earls of Clare