John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare

John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (13 June 1595 – 2 January 1666) was an English nobleman.

Family

He was born in Haughton, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare and Anne Stanhope, and the brother of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles.

He married Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, on 4 September 1626. They had eight children:

He is buried in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham.

Life

Styled Lord Haughton from 1624, he was member of parliament for East Retford in three parliaments (1623–1626) before succeeding to the peerage in 1637. He took some part in the Civil War, but "he was very often of both parties, and never advantaged either."

He was made Recorder of Nottingham in 1642.

References

Peerage of England
Preceded by
John Holles
Earl of Clare
1637–1666
Succeeded by
Gilbert Holles