Lionel Raleigh Holland (22 March 1865 – 25 May 1936) was a British politician, the youngest son of Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford. He was elected as a Conservative

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for Bow and Bromley in 1895. He resigned in 1899 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. Holland was educated at

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and

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, where he was one of the founders of '' Granta''. He was called to the Bar by the

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in 1889. During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross in France and in the

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. He was director of a number of mining and exploration companies. A Grey Room

Represented Westminster on the

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1895–8.

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* 1865 births 1936 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 Younger sons of viscounts Members of London County Council People educated at Harrow School Alumni of King's College, Cambridge English barristers English justices of the peace British businesspeople Members of the Inner Temple {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub