HOLLAND (alias ROBERTS), HUGH, son of Robert Holland, Denbigh, Denbighshire, and --- Pain, Denbigh; b.; adm.; QS; his contribution to the congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth, preserved in the Chapter Library, is signed “Hugo Roberts”; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1589, adm. scholar 1590; BA 1593/4; MA 1597; became a Roman Catholic; travelled abroad; imprisoned at Constantinople by Sir Robert Glover, the English Ambassador there, for abuse of Queen Elizabeth; resided in Oxford for some years, lodging in Balliol Coll.; patronised by Duke of Buckingham; a member, Mermaid Club; a sonnet of his was prefixed to the first folio edition of Shakespeare; author, A Cypres Garland for the Sacred Forehead of our late Soveraigne King James, 1625, and other verses; m. Ursula, widow of Robert Woodard, Burnham, Bucks.; buried near door of St. Bennet’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey 23 Jul 1633. DNB.
HOLLAND, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564-6 (tutor, Prebendary Norley).
Holland, Cecil Frederick, son of the Rev. Alfred Holland, Vicar of St. Agnes, Kenni ngton Park, Surrey, by Edith Shuldham, daughter of the Rev. William Wright Gilbert-Cooper, Vicar of Burwash Weald, Sussex; b. Jan. 26, 1886; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (H); left Easter 1903; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1904; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Gloucs Regt. (T. F.) Sept. 2, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; was wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 22, 1916; M.C. Sept. 22, 1916, bar May 26, 1917; sometime head master of a preparatory school at Reigate, Surrey.
Holland, Charles Alan Simon, brother of Mark Victor Holland (qv); b. 15 Jan. 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (L); left Dec. 1965; Trin. Coll. Dublin 1966-70, BA; a journalist 1972-80; garden designer 1982-2016; m. 5 Feb. 1977 Hon. Margaret Catharine Edmondson, social worker, sister of Hon. Frances Edmondson (qv); d. 5 Dec. 2016.
Holland, Charles Archibald, son of Charles Carter Holland, of Farnham, Surrey, by Alice, daughter of Charles Peter Christie, of Hoddesdon, Herts; b. Feb. 7, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left July 1902; Trin. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A.; 1908; M.A.; 1916; asst. master at various preparatory schools 1908-12; ord. deacon 1913, priest 1914 (Winchester); Curate of Elson, Rants, 1913; a Y. M.C. A. worker in the Chatham area June - Aug. 1917, and in the 2nd Army area on the western front Sept. 1917-March 1919; Vicar of Newtown, Hants 1930; d. Jan. 29, 1943.
HOLLAND, CHRISTOPHER, son of James Holland, St. Gregory’s parish, London; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1720; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 5 Apr 1729 – void 28 Jun 1739, expiry year of grace as V. Chippenham from 10 May 1738; BA 1730; MA 1733; Vicar of Chippenham, Wiltshire, from 1738; m. 9 May 1738 Elizabeth Trevanion; d. 8 May 1760.
Holland, Denys Arthur, son of Arthur William Holland, printer, of Blackheath, and Ethel Margaret, d. of George Frederick Harwood of Carshalton, Surrey; b. 26 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (H); left Apr. 1932; Hudson's Bay Co., later Min. of Labour; Intell. Corps 1944; m. 1941 Rosemary Elsie Mildred, d. of W. A. Summerton of West Wickham, Kent; d. Mar. 2001.
HOLLAND, ERSKINE WILLIAM, brother of Thomas Agar Holland (qv); b. 18 Apr 1804; adm. 9 Jun 1817 (G); Min. Can. 1818; left Christmas 1818; Cadet, EICS Madras 1821; Ensign, 9th Madras Native Infantry 27 Apr 1822; Lieut., 20 Nov 1823; served in Burmese War 1824-6; res. in England 14 Mar 1827; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1827; BA 1830; MA 1834; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1831, priest (Chichester) 24 Jul 1831; Curate, Arlington, Sussex 1831-2; Rector of Warehorne, Kent 25 May 1832-8; Vicar of Arlington, Sussex 12 Feb 1834-8; Rector of Dunsfold, Surrey, from 12 Jun 1838; m. 29 Sep 1836 Caroline Bennett, dau. of W. Gray; d. 20 May 1888.
Holland, Henry William, son of Henry Holland, of Broughty Ferry, Forfar, by Wilhelmina Margareta, daughter of the Rev. William Nixon, D.D., of Montrose, Forfarshire; b. Jan. 3, 1875; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left Sept. 1891; a chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1897; F. C. A. 1921; practised in the City of London; a member of the Inns of Court V. R. C. and O. T. C. 1898-1921; Lieut.-Col. May 9, 1917; Deputy Chief Field Censor 1917-9; attached Gen. Staff at War Office 1919-20; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 22, 1915, June 15, 1916, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; T. D. 1919; Chev. Legion of Honour, 5th class, 1919; American D.S.M. 1919; Commr. Order of Aviz 1919; d. June 22, 1943