Lionel Holland
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Lionel Raleigh Holland (22 March 1865 – 25 May 1936) was a British politician, the youngest son of Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley in 1895. He resigned in 1899 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
Holland was educated at Harrow School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was one of the founders of Granta. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1889. During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross in France and in the Ministry of Munitions.
He was director of a number of mining and exploration companies.
Represented Westminster on the London County Council 1895–8.
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- 1865 births
- 1936 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1895–1900
- Younger sons of viscounts
- Members of London County Council
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- English barristers
- English justices of the peace
- British businesspeople
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Conservative MP for England, 1860s birth stubs