Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles (1627-1690) was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 statesman, and only child of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC was an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642.-Early life:...

 (best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England

Charles I of England

Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...

 attempted to arrest in 1642) and his first wife Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Ashley. Francis inherited the peerage of Baron Holles

Baron Holles

Baron Holles, of Ifield in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the Honourable Denzil Holles, second son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He had already been created a Baronet, of...

 from his father.

Francis represented both the Wiltshire

Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Wiltshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of England from 1290 to 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament , elected by the bloc vote...

 and Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)

Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 British parliamentary

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 constituencies. Whilst sitting for the latter, he was excluded from the Pride’s Purge took place in December 1648.

A sculpture of Francis by Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone was an English sculptor and architect. In 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I, and in 1626 to Charles I....

 exists in Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

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