Baron Holles
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Baron Holles, of Ifield
in the County of Sussex
, was a title in the Peerage of England
. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the Honourable Denzil Holles
, second son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He had already been created a Baronet, of Winterbourne in the County of Dorset, in the Baronetage of England in 1660. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron and second Baronet, in circa 1692.
Ifield, Crawley
Ifield is a former village and now a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Ifield is in the west of the town and is bordered by Ifield West, Horsham, Langley Green to the north east, West Green to the east across the ring road and Gossops Green and Bewbush to the south...
in the County of Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, was a title in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the Honourable Denzil Holles
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC was an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642.-Early life:...
, second son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare was an English nobleman.He was the son of Denzel Holles of Irby upon Humber and Eleanor Sheffield...
. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He had already been created a Baronet, of Winterbourne in the County of Dorset, in the Baronetage of England in 1660. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron and second Baronet, in circa 1692.
Barons Holles (1661)
- Denzil Holles, 1st Baron HollesDenzil Holles, 1st Baron HollesDenzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC was an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642.-Early life:...
(1599–1680) - Francis Holles, 2nd Baron HollesFrancis Holles, 2nd Baron HollesFrancis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles was an English statesman, and only child of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles and his first wife Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Ashley...
(1627–1690) - Denzil Holles, 3rd Baron HollesDenzil Holles, 3rd Baron HollesDenzil Holles, 3rd Baron Holles was an English statesman, son of Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles, and grandson of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles .Denzil was the final Baron Holles, the estates devolving on John Holles , 4th Earl of Clare and...
(1675–c. 1692)