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244 nOLLAND — HOLLES. TV, 1840, J h Henry Edward (Fox), Baron Holland [1762] , and Bauon Holland w Fox lei [1703], 2d but only surv. f Jpgit. ] a and h.| b. 7 March 1802, at Holland House; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 1S59. 15 Oct. 181!); M.P. for Horsham 182(1-27; enteral the Diplomatic service, 1831 ; Attache at St. Petersburg; Minister to Vienna, 1835- 3S ; to the German Confederation, &c, 1S3S ; and to Florence, 1839-16, having sue. to the ■peerage, 22 Oct. 1840. He m. 9 May 1S33, Mary Augusta, da. of George William (CoVBNTET), 8th Eaul ok Coventky, by his second wife, Mary, da. of Aubrey (Beabclhrk), fith Ddke of St. ALBANS. He d. s.p.s. (•>) at Naples, IS Dee. 1S59, and waa&u?'. there aged 57, when all his honours became extinct. Will pr. under £00,000. He left the whole of his estates to his widow absolutely. She was b. II May 1812, d. at Holland House 23 Sep. 1SS9, aged 77, and was bur. in the Roman Catholic chapel, at St. Anne's Hill (<>), in Chertsey, Surrey. Will dat. 14 Oct. 1880, proved 22 Oct. 1S89, over £14,000. Family Estates. — These, in 1SS3, consisted of 5,514 acres in Wilts and 277 in Surrey Total. 5,791 acres, worth £7.457 a year. This does not include the valuable property at Kensington (°), which (with Holland House, and the heirlooms therein) passed, after Lady Holland's death to the Earl of Ilchester ( d ). The property in Wiltshire and Surrey was devised by that Lady to the Hon. Leopold William Henry Powys, 2& son of Elizabeth, Dowager-Baroness Lilford (sister of the late Lord Holland), who thereupon took by royal licence the name of Pox in addition to that of I'owus. HOLLAND [in Scotland]. See " Bueadalbane AND Holland " Earldom [S.] (Campbell), n: 1GS1 ( e ), with the precedence of 1077. HOLLAND OF ENMORE. i.e., " Lovel and Holland of Enmohe, co. Somerset," Barony (Pcrceial), cr. 1762; see " Egmont." Earldom LI.]- er. 1733, under the 2d Earl. HOLLAND <>F FOXLEY. i.e., "Holland of Foxley, co. Wilts," Barony (Fox), cr. 17G3; sea " Holland co. Lincoln," Barony, cr. 1702 ; both dignities becoming ex. 1859. HOLLES OF IFIELD. J. The Hon. Denzell ( r ) Holles, 2d of John, 1st Barony. e ahl ok Clark, by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope, b. 31 Oct. I 1GG1 15{)9 > !lt Houghton, Notts ; adm. to Gray's Inn, 9 March, 1614/5 ; M.P. for St. Michael's, 1621 ; for Dorchester since 1028, taking a l a ) Marie, wife of Prince Aloise Liechtenstein, who before her marriage was usually known as '■ the Hon. Mary Fox," was his adopted jsorae say his illegit.) daughter. She d. s.p. before Lady Holland, being the authoress of a valuable account of Holland House and the art treasures therein. (b) The beautifully-situated little property at St. Ann's Hill, in Chertsey, be- longed to the celebrated Charles James Fox, and after the death of his widow (who d. there 8 July 1842, aged about 92) passed to his great nephew, the 4th Lord Holland. ( c ) See vol. ii., p. 51, note "n"(tui. "Buccleueh ") circa fintm for some remarks on the great landowners near London. (<') See p, 240 note " b," as to Holland House and its devolutions. ( c ) The grantee had w. 17 Dee. 1057, Mary, da. of Henry (Rich), 1st Earl of Holland, which lady, however, had d. G Feb. 1060, ten years before this creation. See vol. ii. p. 13, note "c," sub " Brcadalbane," as to this anomalous creation. ( f ) This name was from Anne, da. and h. of John Dcnzill, or Deiizell, of Denzell, co. Cornwall, Serjeant at Law, who m. before 1541, Sir William Holies, of Houghton, Notts, being mother of Denzill Holies (who d. April, 1590), the father of the 1st Earl of Clare, and the grandfather to Denzill, Baron Holies of Ifield.