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2 unusual facts about Lord Holland


Lord Holland

Baron Holland, of Holland in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Holland, of Foxley in the County of Wiltshire, were two titles in the Peerage of Great Britain.

Earl of Holland, created in the Peerage of England in 1624, became extinct in 1759.



see also

James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle

Next year he went to Paris on the occasion of Prince Charles's journey to Madrid, and again in 1624 to join Henry Rich, afterwards Lord Holland, in negotiating the prince's marriage with Henrietta Maria, when he advised James without success to resist Richelieu's demands on the subject of religious toleration.