John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (May 1564 – 4 October 1637) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Denzil Holles of Irby upon Humber and Eleanor Sheffield (daughter of

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of Butterwick). His great-grandfather was

William Hollyes Sir William Holles (or Hollis) (1471?– 20 October 1542) rose from apprenticeship to a Mercery, mercer to become master warden of his company and Lord Mayor of London in 1539. Life He was admitted to the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Mer ...

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. He was born at

Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire Haughton Hall was an English country house near Haughton, Nottinghamshire. History Houghton Hall was built by William Holles and his son William Holles (MP). The park of 240 acres was enclosed in 1509 and the small house was greatly extended. ...

and educated at

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from 1579, aged 12, after which he studied law at

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from 1583. He was at Court until 1599. Holles married Anne Stanhope (daughter of Sir Thomas Stanhope) on 23 May 1591 in

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. Through his marriage to Anne, he inherited

Thurland Hall The Thurland Hall is a Grade II listed public house in Nottingham. History The Thurland Hall Vaults public house was built on Pelham Street in the 1830s. It was named after the house of the Earls of Clare which had formerly stood on this site. ...

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which was later known as Clare Place. The family seat was at Haughton Hall in the parish of

Bothamsall Bothamsall is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 185, increasing (with the inclusion of Bevercotes and Haughton) to 270 at the 20 ...

, which was demolished in the late eighteenth century. He served as

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for 1591–92. He was

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until the prince's death on 6 November 1612. He was

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for

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from 1604 to 1611 and from 1614 to 1616. He was created 1st

Baron Haughton Earl of Clare was a title of British nobility created three times: once each in the peerages of England, Great Britain and Ireland. The title derives from Clare, Suffolk, where a prominent Anglo-Norman family was seated since the Norman Conqu ...

on 9 July 1616 and 1st

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on 2 November 1624. He died at home in Nottingham and is buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. He had 6 sons and 4 daughters.

Student of Architecture

Around the year 1604 he mentioned in a letter to the

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that he was returning the earl's architecture books, including works by

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and Guigati, which were required by Sir Edward Francis. Northumberland had sent him other volumes by Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, Philibert de l'Orme,

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, Wendel Dietterlin, and

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, and he knew that Holles had his own copy of the works of

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Children

John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (13 June 1595 – 2 January 1666) was an English nobleman. Family 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 ...

(1595–1666), married Elizabeth Vere. MP for East Retford * Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles (1599–1680) MP for

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* Francis (1604–1622) * Eleanore Holles, married

Oliver Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell and 2nd Viscount FitzWilliam (died 11 April 1667), was an Irish nobleman. His father was The 1st Viscount FitzWilliam (1581–1650). His mother was Margaret Plunkett, daughter of Oliver, 4th Baron Louth; ...

, became Countess of Tyrconnel, buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 11 April 1681 * Arabella Holles (1594–1631), married

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