[1] He was the only son of Joseph Holland of Rodbaston, near Penkridge, Staffordshire, and his wife Elizabeth Wells.
[4] In 1831 Rodbaston Hall belonged to William Holland, with 180 acres (73 ha) of farmland.
[3] He died in 1849, at age 58, and debtors to the estate were asked to make payment to Charles Holland at Rodbaston Hall.
[5][6] In 1851 the Hall belonged to Charles Holland, who had sold it by 1852 to Thomas Shaw-Hellier.
[13][14] His address was given by the Royal College of Physicians in 1845 as Queen Street, Mayfair, London.