Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet

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rdf:langString Robert Steward

rdf:langString Not represented until 1659

rdf:langString Sir Edmund Moundeford

rdf:langString Thomas Talbot

rdf:langString Parliament suspended since 1629

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rdf:langString Nicholas Harman

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rdf:langString Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh

rdf:langString Member of Parliament for Castle Rising

rdf:langString Member of Parliament for Norfolk

rdf:langString Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet (October 1603 – 19 January 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. Holland was the son of Sir Thomas Holland of Quiddenham, Norfolk and his wife Mary Knyvet, daughter of Sir Thomas Knyvet. He was created a baronet, of Quiddenham by King Charles 1 on 15 June 1629. In April 1640, Holland was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the Short Parliament. His fellow parliamentarians asked Holland to rid his house of any Catholics, but he refused. He offered his wife religious freedom but he took great efforts to try and ensure that his children were all Protestant - and failed. In November 1640 he was elected MP Castle Rising in the Long Parliament and held the seat until he was excluded in Pride's Purge in 1648. Holland was re-elected for Castle Rising in the Convention Parliament in 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for Aldeburgh in the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat to 1679. Holland died aged ninety-seven.