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 Cookson), and succeeded to the barony on the death of his father in 1937. He stood as the Liberal candidate for Tottenham North at the 1929 general election. He was a Speaker and deputy chairman in the

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1947 and served in the Labour administration of

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as Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from March to July 1950. Lord Holden died in July 1951, aged 52. He never married; on his death the barony became extinct. He was succeeded in his

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by his kinsman Sir Isaac Holden, 5th Baronet. He wrote a number of books; those listed in the

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catalogue (all running into several editions) are *English Country Houses Open to the Public. (illustrated) *The Land of France (with Ralph Dutton) *Ceylon *Four Generations of Our Royal Family *French Châteaux Open to the Public (with Ralph Dutton) *Purgatory Revisited. A Victorian parody

References

*"Lord Holden" bituary in ''

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'', Monday, Jul 09, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 52048; col E *"Lord Holden: A Vivid Personality" (Letters from "A friend", and Mr. R. J. Minney), ''

'', Thursday, Jul 12, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 52051; col G * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holden, Angus Holden, 3rd Baron 1898 births 1951 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951