About Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare
Lived 1633 – 1689 (aged 55). Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare was an English politician.
Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare (24 April 1633 – 16 January 1689) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He was styled Lord Haughton from 1637 until he succeeded to the title Earl of Clare in 1666.
Life Holles was the son of John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare and Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury. He was baptised at the Church of St John-at-Hackney on 18 May 1633. His godfathers were his grandfathers, John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare and Horatio, Baron Vere: his godmother was Mary Courteen, Countess of Kent.
He travelled abroad in 1645. In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in the Convention Parliament.
Holles died in 1689 and was buried at Haughton.
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