HOLLAND, Sir John (c.1669-c.1724), of Quidenham Hall, Norf.

b. c. 1669, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Holland of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. (d.v.p. s. of Sir John Holland, 1st Bt.†) by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Meade of Wenden Lofts, Essex. educ. Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; Christ’s, Camb. 1685–7. m. May 1699, Lady Rebecca, da. and coh. of William Paston†, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, sis. of Charles, Ld. Paston*, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1698; gdfa. as 2nd Bt. and at Quidenham 19 Jan. 1701. Blomefield, Norf. i. 337, 344; Bury St. Edmunds G.S. List (Suff. Green Bks. xiii), 196; Biog. Reg. Christ’s Coll. ii. 101; Hervey Diary, 29.