John Robert Hollond (2 November 1843 – 19 October 1912) was a British

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and

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politician and father of the army officer Spencer Edmund Hollond. He was the second son of Rev. Edmund Hollond, of Benhall Lodge,

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, Suffolk by his first wife Isabella ''née'' Robinson and was educated at

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. He entered

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in 1862 and was President of the

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in 1865. He received a

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in 1865, receiving a second class in the

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. He subsequently obtained a

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. He was then admitted at the

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on 12 November 1864 and

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on 10 June 1870. He never practised law, however. On 17 August 1870 he married Fanny Eliza Keats, and the couple had six children. By 1879 Hollond was chairman of the

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, although he was resident in the coastal resort of

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. In that year he was selected by the Liberal Party along with

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to contest the two seat parliamentary constituency of

. At the general election in April 1880 the two Liberals topped the poll, unseating the sitting

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members of parliament. In 1884 Marriott resigned his seat to be re-elected as a Conservative, and at the general election of 1885 Hollond lost his seat to David Smith of the Conservative Party. Following a split in the Liberals over

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, Hollond became a

, standing unsuccessfully at

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. By 1889 he was president of the

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Liberal Unionist Association. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for London and Justice of the Peace for Devon, Somerset and Middlesex. During this time he lived at Stanmore Hall, Middlesex, and "Wonham",

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, inheriting the latter from his aunt Mrs Robert Hollond in 1884. He died at his London residence, 41 Prince's Gate,

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, in October 1912 aged 68. He was buried at

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Biography, drawn from Burke, L.G., 1939; Univ. War List; Army Lists; The V.C. and D.S.O.; Who's Who
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollond 1843 births 1912 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Harrow School Members of the Inner Temple People from Saxmundham Deputy lieutenants of the County of London Liberal Unionist Party parliamentary candidates UK MPs 1880–1885