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HOLLEY, GEORGE HUNT, third son of James Hunt Holley, Okehampton, Devon, and Horatia, third dau. of Vice-Adm. William Windham (previously Lukin), Felbrigg, Norfolk; b. 5 Jun 1841; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); QS Jun 1856; left 1857; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1858; Ensign, 12 Jun 1858; 30th Bengal Light Infantry 24 Aug 1858; 1st Bengal European Fusiliers 18 Mar 1859; Lieut., 101st Foot 10 Oct 1860; Capt., 15 Sep 1869; ret. as Hon. Maj., 17 Apr 1880; Hon. Lieut. -Col., 1 Jul 1881; served in Oudh campaign 1858; m. 7 May 1874 Annie Mary, dau. of B. Purcell, Kilrush [check county]; d. 29 Apr 1882.

Holliday, Graham, son of Herbert Horace Holliday, master builder, of Cheam, Surrey, and Annie Winifred, d. of Alexander Lees Waugh, insurance manager, of West Dulwich; b. 10 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left Apr. 1935; FRGS 1937; Roy. Tank Regt 1941, transf. RE Aug. 1941 (Capt.), despatches (Burma) Sept. 1946; dir. Holliday & Greenwood, building contrac­tors, 1948-68; pres. Nat. Fedn of Building Trade Employers 1973; m. 20 Sept. 1941 Margaret Helen, d. of William Halsey Becket, gas engineer, of Cheam; d. 7 May 1991.

HOLLINGBERY, ---; b.; in school list 1797 (G).

HOLLINGBERY, CHARLES; b. 29 May 1813; adm. 25 Sep 1826 (G). [Presumably Charles Hollingbery, son of Capt. John Hollingbery [check Regt.; perhaps Lieut., 34th Foot 29 Mar 1799; perhaps Capt., Sussex Militia 26 Feb 1805], and Charlotte, dau. of St. John Charlton, Apley Castle, Shropshire, bapt. St. Laurence, Exeter 11 Jun 1813].

HOLLINGS, GEORGE; b.; adm. 19 Jul 1780.

Hollings, Geoffrey Bevan, son of Geoffrey Cecil Hollings MVO, Bank of England, of Wandsworth, and Edith Caroline, d. of George William Bevan; b. 3 June 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); left July 1929; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1937, MD 1939; MRCP 1940, FRCP 1966; RAMC 1940-6 (Lieut.-Col.); consult. physician Kingston Hosp. Group; m. 22 Dec. 1943 Madeleine Joyce, d. of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Greenaway of Leonard Stanley, Gloucs.; d. 9 Aug. 1995.

HOLLINGWORTH, FREDERICK, son of Capt. William Hollingworth, 3rd Troop, Horse Guards; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1744/5; left 1751; Ensign, 13th Foot 21 Mar 1752; Lieut., 31 Dec 1755; Capt., 104th Company of Marines 8 Mar 1757; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 2 Sep 1757; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 3 Jul 1767; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 9 May 1768; ret. 4 Feb 1776; d. 1776.

HOLLINGWORTH, JOHN, brother of Frederick Hollingworth (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1746/7; left 1750.

Hollins, Cecil Braithwaite, son of the Rev. William Tyndale Hollins, Vicar of St. James, Clapham Park, Surrey, by Priscilla Anna, daughter of George Foster Braithwaite, of Kendal, Westmorland; b. May 16, 1898; adm. April 26, 1912 (G); left April 1916; joined 28th Batt. London Regt.; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. Grenadier Guards Sept. 7, 1916; wounded; Lieut.; served on the circulation staff of the Sunday Express and Daily Mail; circulation manager, Sunday Express 1935-9; wholesale newsagent at Devonport since 1939; served in Great War II; Lieut. R. A.R.O. Grenadier Guards; temp. Capt. May 25, 1941; m. June 1, 1937, Grace Jeanette, daughter of Edward Stacey, solicitor, of Ugley Green, Essex.

HOLLIS, HENRY PARK, son of Henry Hollis, Camden Road, London, and Louisa Sarah, dau. of Thomas Park; b. 9 Jan 1858; adm. 23 Jan 1873; left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1876; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Oct 1876, scholar 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; BA 1880; Assistant, Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1881-1920, Superintendent Astrographic Department 1896-1920; Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, President 1908-10; editor, The Observatory Magazine 1893-1912; author, Chats on Astronomy; m. 14 Nov 1882 Clara Susanna, dau. of Edward Clark, Camberwell, Surrey; d. 7 Aug 1939.