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Holford, Cecil Francis Lovell, son of Herbert Frank Stanley Holford, of Cricklewood, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Henry Lovell, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S.; b. July 8, 1900; adm. April 29, 1915, (A); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R. Marine L.I., Jan. 1919; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1922; Capt. Jan. 1, 1930; Major Oct. 2, 1932; acting Lieut.-Col. Aug. q., 1942; D.S.O. (withdrawal from Boulogne and Calais) Sept. 6, 1940; m. March 31, 1930, Adien Margery, daughter of John Llewellyn Rees.

HOLFORD, PETER, eldest son of Robert Holford, Master in Chancery, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Sarah, sister of Peter Vandeput (qv); nephew of Samuel Holford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1731/2; left 1736; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 May 1736; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jul 1735, called to bar 20 Nov 1740, Bencher 28 Jun 1758, Treasurer 1777; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual list 1748); Master in Chancery from 1750; of Westonbirt, Gloucs.; FRS 12 Feb 1746/7; FSA 9 Jul 1778; m. Anne, dau. of William Nutt, Buxted, Sussex; d. 14 Jul 1804.

HOLFORD, ROBERT, eldest son of Peter Holford (qv); bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 10 Aug 1758 (IGI); adm. 20 Sep 1770; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 4 Nov 1775, aged 17, matr. Mich. 1775; BA 1780; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Jul 1774, called to bar 26 Nov 1779; Grand Tour (including. Switzerland); of Westonbirt, Gloucs.; FRS 28 Mar 1805; an enthusiastic yachtsman; d. unm. 14 Mar 1838.

HOLFORD, SAMUEL, third son of Sir Richard Holford, Kt, Master in Chancery, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and his third wife Susanna, dau. of Samuel Trotman, Bucknell, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1712, but went to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1712; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Jun 1712, called to bar 28 Apr 1719.

HOLFORD, THOMAS; b.; adm. 2 Nov 1787; in school list 1788. [Perhaps adm. Inner Temple year 1791/2, check].

HOLGATE, GEORGE, brother of Thomas Holgate (qv); bapt. St. Botolph without Aldgate, London 11 Jan 1740 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jun 1752; in school list 1754; BB Mich. 1752 – Mich. 1758; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Oct 1758, matr. Easter 1759; LLB 1765; ordained deacon 3 Mar 1765, priest 8 Jun 1766 (both Norwich); Curate, Carleton St. Peter with Ashby, and Claxton, Norfolk 1765; Rector of Stowting, Kent, from 28 May 1771; travelling tutor in Italy 1779-80; Perpetual Curate of Theydon Bois, Essex, from 24 Nov 1791; m. 21 Jun 1781 Ann, only surviving child of Rev. William Salisbury BD, Rector of Moreton, Essex, and Prebendary of Lincoln; d. 17 Apr 1803.

HOLGATE, THOMAS, son of George Holgate, London, banker, and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. St. Botolph without Aldgate, London 16 Jul 1738 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) May 1749; KS 1752; still at school 1754.

HOLGHTON, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1744, chorister (Houghton in school lists); left 1746.

Holiday, Charles Gilbert Joseph, brother of Francis Augustus Holiday (q.v.); b. Jan. 29, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (A); left July 1896; an artist; exhibited from time to time at the Royal Academy exhibitions, worked chiefly in black and white on military and hunting subjects; served in the R. F. A. on the western front in Great War I; m. 1908 Nina Margaret Spencer; d. Jan. 8, 1937.

Holiday, Francis Augustus, elder son of Sir Frederick Charles Holiday, of Maida Vale, Auditor of Accounts of the Secretary of State for India in Council, by Adela Maria, only daughter of Henry Mileham, of Oulton Grange, Suffolk; b. May 8, 1873; adm. June 5, 1885 (A); left Dec. 1888; Royal Coll. of Science, South Kensington; travelled in Russia, Japan, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Mexico, making geological surveys and reporting on oilfields; m. 1899, Elsie Margaret Smalley; d. at Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 27, 1916.