Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet

Holland was the second, but eldest surviving son of Thomas Holland of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and his second wife Elizabeth Meade, daughter of Thomas Meade of Wenden Lofts, Essex.

[1] He was educated at Bury St Edmunds grammar school under Mr Leeds, and was at Christ's College, Cambridge from September 1685 to 1687.

He was returned again at the 1702 English general election and continued to be very active in Parliament, particularly as a teller for the Whigs.

He seconded the nomination of the Court's candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705 and acted as teller for the Whigs on several occasions.

He was dismissed from his office in the household in June 1711 but he was paid his arrears of salary and was given an extra £250 as royal bounty in 1712.