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 (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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

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.

HODGSON, WILLIAM, third son of John Hodgson, Cottingley Hall, Yorkshire, and Mary, dau. of Robert Haworth, Haworth, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1689 – void 1710 (expiry year of grace as R. Wood Norton from 29 Apr 1709); BA 1693; MA 1696; ordained; Rector of Wood Norton, Norfolk, from 1709 (to 1736 ?).

HODGSON, JOHN GEORGE, son of Rev. John Hodgson, Vicar of St. Peter’s, Isle of Thanet, Kent, and his first wife Hon. Sarah Harris, second dau. of George Harris, 1st Baron Harris (qv); b. 10 May 1812; adm. 13 Jun 1825 (Stikeman's); KS 1826; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jul 1829, matr. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; ordained deacon 4 Oct 1835, priest 30 Oct 1836 (both Canterbury); Curate St. Peter’s, Isle of Thanet 1835; Vicar of Croydon, Surrey 1846-79; Hon. Canon of Canterbury from 1869; Rector of Saltwood, Kent, from 1879; m. 1 Feb 1838 Matilda Georgiana, dau. of Capt. Matthew Isacke, EI Maritime Service; d. 24 May 1888.