[1] By the time of his death he had created an estate of over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of land in Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
His sister, Isabel Clara Holden, married his brother-in-law, George Moore.
It was his son who started the estate and it was largely extended by Henry's grandson, Robert (father to Mary) who was a successful lawyer.
In his home village of Aston, he had bought numerous cottages and fields in small lots including the, Coach & Horses and the schoolhouse.
William Dickson Winterbottom bought these lands from Edward Charles Shuttleworth Holden.