There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Holden, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2010. The Holden Baronetcy, of Oakworth House in Keighley in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1893 for the inventor, manufacturer and

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politician Isaac Holden. He had previously represented

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, Northern West Riding of Yorkshire and

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in Parliament. His eldest son, the second Baronet, represented Bradford East and

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in the

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. On 4 July 1908, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Holden, of Alston in the County of Cumberland. The barony became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baron, on 6 July 1951. However, the baronetcy was passed on to his second cousin once removed, the fifth Baronet. He was the son of a younger son of the first Baronet. The Holden Baronetcy, of the Grange in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1909 for the banker and

politician

Edward Holden Sir Edward Wheewall Holden (14 August 1885 – 17 June 1947) was an Australian industrialist who took his family carriage and saddlery business, Holden & Frost, into a partnership with General Motors to create Australia's first automobile manuf ...

. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1965. The Holden Baronetcy, of The Firs in Leigh in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1919 for John Holden, twice Mayor of

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. The second Baronet was also twice Mayor of Leigh.

Holden baronets, of Oakworth House (1893)

Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet (7 May 1807 – 13 August 1897) was an inventor and manufacturer, who is known both for his work in developing the Square Motion wool-combing machine and as a Radical Liberal Member of Parliament. Life Holden was ...

(1807–1897) * Sir Angus Holden, 2nd Baronet (1833–1912) (created Baron Holden in 1908)

Barons Holden (1908)

* Angus Holden, 1st Baron Holden (1833–1912) *Ernest Illingworth Holden, 2nd Baron Holden (1867–1937) *

Angus William Eden Holden, 3rd Baron Holden Angus William Eden Holden, 3rd Baron Holden and 4th Baronet Holden (1 August 1898 – 6 July 1951), was a British Liberal then Labour politician. Holden was the son of Ernest Illingworth Holden, 2nd Baron Holden, and his first wife Ethel (née C ...

(1898–1951)

Holden baronets, of Oakworth House (1893; Reverted)

*Sir Isaac Holden Holden, 5th Baronet (1867–1962) *Sir Edward Holden, 6th Baronet (1916–2003) *Sir Paul Holden, 7th Baronet (1923-2016) *Sir Michael Peter Holden, 8th Baronet (born 1956). The

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is Peter Ritson Holden (born 1933), a kinsman of the present holder. His

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is his eldest son, Duncan Dudley Holden (born 1963).

Holden baronets, of the Grange (1909)

* Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden, 1st Baronet (1848–1919) *Sir Harry Cassie Holden, 2nd Baronet (1877–1965)

Holden baronets, of The Firs (1919)

*Sir John Henry Holden, 1st Baronet (1862–1926) *Sir George Holden, 2nd Baronet (1890–1937) *Sir George Holden, 3rd Baronet (1914–1976) *Sir John David Holden, 4th Baronet (born 1967) The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin Brian Peter John Holden (born 1944). Sir George Holden, 3rd Baronet, squandered the family fortune and was reduced to living in a caravan on a farm in Yorkshire: the press dubbed him "the Baronet who lives in a pig sty". A notable member of this Holden family is the writer

Anthony Holden Anthony Holden (born 22 May 1947) is an English writer, broadcaster and critic, particularly known as a biographer of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, the essayist Leigh Hunt, the opera librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte and the actor Laure ...

(1947-2023), grandson of the 2nd Baronet.

References

Works cited

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holden Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom 1893 establishments in the United Kingdom 1909 establishments in the United Kingdom 1919 establishments in the United Kingdom