William Hopkins Holyland (1807-1882) was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with Samuel Lowell Price and

Edwin Waterhouse Edwin Waterhouse (4 June 1841 – 17 September 1917) was an English accountant. He is best known for having co-founded, with Samuel Lowell Price and William Hopkins Holyland, the accountancy practice of ''Price Waterhouse'' that now forms part o ...

, the accountancy practice of ''Price Waterhouse'' that now forms part of

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Career

He first joined the firm of Coleman, Turquand, Youngs & Co. where he became an expert in

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s and bankruptcies. He became friends with another clerk by the name of Edwin Waterhouse while working there. In 1865, he went into partnership with Samuel Lowell Price and then persuaded Price to recruit Waterhouse into the practice that is now famous. Holyland retired in 1871. He died 20 January 1882 at Hatch Gate, Horley, Sussex.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941

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