English nobleman
Memorial to the 1st and 2nd Earls of Clare in St Mary's Church, Nottingham John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (13 June 1595 – 2 January 1666) was an English nobleman.
Life
Holles was born in Haughton, Nottinghamshire , the eldest son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare and Anne Stanhope, and the brother of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles .[ 1] Lord Haughton from 1624, he was member of parliament for East Retford in three parliaments (1623–1626)[ 2] [ 1]
During the Thirty Years' War , at the siege of Bois-le-Duc in 1629, he served as a volunteer under the command of his father-in-law, Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury .[ 3]
Although he had quarrelled with Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford , who had married his sister, Arabella, in 1641 he opposed the Earl of Strafford's impeachment in the House of Lords , and during the trial asked several questions favourable to his defence. After Parliament sentenced Strafford to death by attainder , he pleaded hard with King Charles I for Strafford's life, but without success.
He took some part in the Civil War , but "he was very often of both parties, and never advantaged either".[ 1] Recorder of Nottingham in 1642. After the Restoration , he gained a pardon from King Charles II.[ 4]
Family
Holles married Elizabeth Vere,[ 5] Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury , on 4 September 1626. They had eight children:
John Holles, died young
Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare (1633–1689)Lady Anne Holles (1635 – 1707), married Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton
Lady Eleanor Holles (1636 – 1709), whose will endowed Lady Eleanor Holles School .[ 6]
Lady Elizabeth Holles (1638 – 1666), married Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare
Lady Arabella Holles (1639 – 1707), married Sir Edward Rossiter of Somerley
Lady Susan Holles (1640 – bef May 1710), married c. July 1663 Sir John Lort, 2nd Baronet
Lady Diana Holles (1641 – 1716), married Harry Bridges of Keynsham
Lady Penelope Holles (1643 – 1684), married on 13 April 1667 Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Holles is buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham .
Coat of arms
Coat of arms of John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare
Coronet
A coronet of an Earl
Crest
A boar passant azure tusked and bristled or.
Escutcheon
Ermine, two piles in point sable.
Supporters
Dexter: a lion or; sinister, a tiger or.
Motto
Spes audaces adjuvat.[ 7]
References
^ a b c Yorke, Philip Chesney (1911). "Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron § John Holles" Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica ^ "HOLLES, John (1595-1666), of Haughton, Notts. and Chaloner House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.; later of Clare House, Drury Lane, Westminster" . The History of Parliament . The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 21 September 2016 .^ Stephen, Leslie (1922). Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. p. 1063. ^ "Charles II - volume 1: May 29-31, 1660 Pages 1-16 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1660-1. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1860" . British History Online . Retrieved 13 July 2020 .^ Lorimer, Joyce (2004). "Harcourt, Robert (1574/5–1631)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/12241 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ Elizabeth Hossain (30 November 2011), ISBN 978-1-906507-32-9 ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time
