Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles (1627–1690) was an English noble, and only child of

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, (31 October 1598 – 17 February 1680) was an English statesman, best remembered as one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War. When fight ...

(best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King

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attempted to arrest in 1642) and his first wife Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir

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. Francis inherited the peerage of Baron Holles from his father. Francis represented both the

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and

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British parliamentary

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. Whilst sitting for the latter, he was excluded from the

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, which took place in December 1648. He was also returned for Dorchester in both elections of 1679, in

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and

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(parliament dissolved 1681). His son

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(1675–c. 1692), inherited his title. A sculpture of Francis by

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exists in

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2 1627 births 1690 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1654–1655 Members of the Parliament of England for Dorchester {{1654-England-MP-stub