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.

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, 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.

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, 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, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-4 (Chapter Muniments).

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.