John Holles KG (1662 - 1711)

Born 9 Jan 1662 in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Cavendish) Holles — married 1 Mar 1690 in England

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1711 at age 49 in Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England

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Biography

John Holles KG is Notable.

• Lord Haughton
• 16 Jan. 1689: Earl of Clare
• 1694: Marquis of Clare
• 1694: 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Privy Counsellor
• 1698: installed as Knight of the Garter (KG)
• Lord Chief Justice in Eyre, north of the Trent
• Lord-Lt. of co. Notts., Middlesex & Yorks.
• Lord-Warden of Sherwood Forest
• Gov. of Kingston-upon-Hull

Siblings

• Grace

m. Thomas Pelham, created Baron Pelham of Laughton in 1715.

Marriage

m. (Feb 1690) Lady Magaret Cavendish (d. 24 Dec 1716 London; bur. 05 Jan 1717 Bolsover).

children

Henrietta C.H. Harley, Countess of Oxford & Mortimer was his only child.

Death

d. 15 Jul 1711 Welbeck Abbey, co. Notts.

bur. Westminster Abbey

Sources

• Henning, B.D. (1983). "Holles, John, Lord Houghton (1662-1711), of Haughton, Notts. and Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
• Ogle, H.A. (1902). Ogle & Bothal, pp. 78.

See also...

• Deering, Charles. Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova (George Ayscough & Thomas Willington, Nottingham, 1751) Page 192
• Wikipedia: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
• British History online: A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1908 Parishes: Aldenham
• Chester, Joseph Lemuel. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster (London, 1876) Page 272. Also see footnote #4. "He died 15 July, from the effects of a fall from his horse while hunting."