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 CLARE. 273 never to havo enjoyed the favour of Charles I.( a ) He m. 23 May 1591, at Shdford, Notts, Anno, da. of Sir Thomas Staniiopk, by Margaret, da of Sir John Pout, of Etwall, eoi Derby. He d. 4 Oet. 1637, in his 74th yoar, at his house called Clare Palace, Nottingham, and was hur. 7th in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. ILL Fun, certif. in l'ub. Record Office. His will having been made 40 [sic] years previously, ailmon. was granted, pendente lite, 0 Feb. 1637/8 to the widow. She d. in the Piazza, Covcut Garden, Midx., 18 Nov. 1651, aged 75 years and !) mouths, and was bur. 22 Dee. at St. Mary's, Nottingham, afsd. M!.( b ) Her will dat. 5, pr. 26 Nov. 1651.' II. IG37. 2. John (Holles), Earl op Clare, &c, s. and h., h. at Haughton afsd. 13 June 1595 ; M.P. for Bast Retford (in 3 Paris.) Fob. 1623 to June 1626 ; Knighted at Greenwich, 2 June 1625 ; Lord Lieut, of Notts (on the nom. of Pari.), 1642, but took some part in tiyiug to reconcile Part, with the Iving.( c ) He favoured the Restoration, but appears never to have taken any very active part in politics. He m. 4 Sep. 1626, at St. Barth.-the-Great, London (as "Lord John Houghton "), Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of the famous Horatio (Verk), Baron Vere op Tilbury, by Mary, da. of Sir William Tract. He d. 2, and was bur. 23 Jany. 1665/6, at St. Mary's, Nottingham. Will pr. May 1666. His widow d. Dec. 1683, and was bur. 11 Jany. 1683/1 at St. Mary's afsd. III. 1G6G. 3. Gilbert (IIolles) Earl op Clare, &c, 2nd but only surv. s. and h., b. 24 April and bap. 18 May 1633 at Hackney, MidX., travelled abroad 1645-60. M.P. for Notts (as Lord Haughton), 1660. He, too, took little part in politics, save in opposing all Popish measures during the reigns of Charles II and James II. He in. 9 July 1655, at St. Giles-iu-the-fiolds, Grace, da. of the Hon. William PrKRREPONT t2ud s. of Robert, 1st Earl ok Kinu:ston-i:i'ON-Hiill), by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Harris, of Tong Castle, Salop. He d. at Warwick House, Holborn, Midx., 16 Jany. 1688/9, and was bur. at St. James' Chapel, Haughton, Notts. Will pr. July 1689. His widow d. July 1702. IV. 1G89. 4. John (IIolles), Earl of Clare [1G24] and Baron w r,, no o+o HAL-aim>N( d ) [1616], 1st. s. and h., b. 9 Jany. 1661/2 ; M.P. for juaiquessaie. 1C6 g, 9. Qmt { tw te&toamtm, 1089-93 ; Lord Lieut. I. 1694, of Midx., 16S9-93 ; and again 1711. At the coronation, 11 to April 1689, he carried the Queen's sceptre, with the cross. 1711 Having yn. Feb. 1690 his first cousin, Margaret, 3rd da. and coheir of Henry (Cavendish), 2ml Duke of NkwcaStle, by Frances, da. of the Hon. William Piekrkront abovenamed, and having, by the death of bet Father, s.p.ni.s. (26 July 1691) come into the greater part of the Cavendish estates (subject to a mortgage of ±'80,000, which he paid), he applied to the King for a Dukedom, and to be made a Knight of the Garter, but, being refused, gave up his appointments. In 1693, however, he inherited the estates of Ids kinsman Don/ill (Holies), Baron Holies of 'Meld, and, his fortune being now one of the largest in the Kingdom, he was, on 14 May 1694, cr. MARQUESS OF ( a ) " Some have been of opinion that had he lived to these unhappy times Vie would have sided with those that persecuted the King, but I am most confident of the contrary." See " Gervase Holies " in Collins' " Noble families " (ul ante), p. 93, who gives a copious account of his appearance and his endowments, adding that Sir John Brooke (afterwards Lord Cobham) said of him : " 1 have travailed the beat partes of Chiistendome, and have conversed with the most noble persons in those places where I came, yet, in all my life, I never met with so exactly accomplished a gentleman as my Lord of Clare." ( b ) Denzill Holies, their 2nd s., was, in 1661, cr. Baron Holies of Meld. (°) According to Lord Clarendon " he was a man of honour and of courage, and would have been an excellent person if his heart had not been too much set upon keeping and improving his estate." H To him, aa " Lord Haughton," Dvydcn dedicated his " Spanish FryW or Ute Double Discovenj." . . . T