HOLBECH, MATTHEW, son of Matthew Holbech, Meriden Hall, Warwicks., barrister, Bencher, Inner Temple; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1661; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1663, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr. 1663; adm. Inner Temple 12 Jul 1660, called to bar 27 Nov 1670; m. 2 Dec 1673 (IGI) Elizabeth Anthony, step-dau. of Allen Halsall, All Hallows, Barking, London.

HOLBROOK (or HOLBROOKE), JOHN, son of Rev. Anthony Holbrooke, Rector of Little Waltham, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1723; KS 1724; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1728, scholar 2 May 1729; BA 1731/2; MA 1735; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1734, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1735; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 5 Mar 1731/2. [note Rev. John Holbrooke, Hailes, Gloucs., will proved PCC 15 Nov 1764]

HOLBROOK, EDMUND ROBERT ST. GEORGE, only son of Lieut. Edmund Robert St. George Holbrook, Royal Artillery, Gibraltar, Spain, and Caroline Jane, dau. of Col. Charles Holden, 52nd Foot; b. 19 Jul 1867; adm. 28 Jan 1879 (H); QS 22 Mar 1883; left Jul 1884; Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt. 25 Aug 1886; Capt., 16 Jun 1894; Adjutant 19 Oct 1894 – 4 May 1897; Capt., West Yorkshire Regt. 25 Aug 1897; DAAG Western Command, Bombay Presidency 21 Apr 1902; d. at Poona, Bombay 17 Sep 1905.

HOLCOMBE, WILLIAM, son of Rear-Adm. Essex Holcombe, Royal Navy, and ---, dau. of Thomas Corbet, Nash, Pembrokeshire; nephew of John Holcombe (qv); b. 19 May 1736; adm. May 1751 (Morel's); in school list 1752; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Apr 1754, scholar 26 Nov 1754; 4th Wrangler 1758; BA 1758; MA 1761; Fellow, Christ’s Coll. 10 Mar 1761 – 20 Nov 1762 and 1768; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1759, priest 1 Jun 1760 (both Canterbury); Chaplain to Bishop of St. David’s; Rector of Cosheston, Pembrokeshire 14 Jun 1760 – Apr 1789; Vicar of St. Trinnells, Pembrokeshire, from 16 May 1764; Rector of Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire 8 Jan 1768 – Jun 1777; Prebendary of St. David’s (Third Cursal Prebend) from 13 Feb 1770; Vicar of Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, from Jun 1777; Vicar of Mathry with Granston and St. Nicholas, Pembs., from 13 Dec 1780; Rector of Manordivy, Pembrokeshire, from 5 Mar 1788; Vicar of Llanfihangel Penbryn, Cardiganshire, from 1789; m. 1st, --- Forde, Stone Hall, Pembrokeshire; m. 2nd, 19 Sep 1769 Mary, dau. of John Aldridge, New Lodge, Sussex; d. at sea 1 Aug 1796.

Holden, William Edward Paul, son of Rev. Hyla Henry Holden, Rector of Upminster, Essex; b. 9 Nov. 1903; adm. Apr. 1918 (A); left Dec. 1920; a commercial traveller; Nat. Fire Service 1940- 6; m. 4 Aug. 1928 Barbara Winifred, d. of Capt. George Frederick Wilson, master mariner, of Upminster; d. 14 Nov. 1996.

HOLDEN, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1608/9; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1612, subscribed 16 Dec 1614, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1616 (incorp. Cambridge 1616); MA 1619.

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, 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.

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.

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.