Philip Holman
Philip Holman (c. 1593 – July 1669) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.
Holman was a scrivener of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. He acquired property at Warkworth, Northamptonshire from the Chetwood family and rebuilt part of the manor house.[1] He became High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1638. In 1651 he was elected alderman of the City of London for Walbrook ward and was also elected Sheriff of London.[2]
In 1659, Holman was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[3]
Holman died at the age of 76 and was buried in the church at Warkworth.[1]
Holman was the father of Sir John Holman, 1st Baronet.[4]
References
- Anthony à Wood Athenae Oxonienses
- 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 75-119. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Gilbert Pickering, 1st Baronet John Claypole William Boteler Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Alexander Blake |
Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire 1659 With: Richard Knightley |
Succeeded by Sir Gilbert Pickering, 1st Baronet |
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