Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford
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Sydney George Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (19 March 1855–27 July 1931) was a British
barrister and peer.
politician Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Hibbert. His grandfather was the physician and travel writer Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet
. His mother died when he was three years old.
Knutsford was educated at Wellington College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
, and was called to the Bar in 1879. In 1888 he acted as Company Doctor to East and West India docks. He was a Director of many companies including an English, Scottish and Australian Bank, and the Underground Electric Railways Company. He was also a Director of City and South London Railway, London and Scottish Life Assurance Company and was an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
. He was made a Chairman of Poplar Hospital in 1891 before becoming President in 1920 and he was Chairman of the London Hospital House Committee from 1896 to 1931. He succeeded his father as Viscount Knutsford in 1914.
Lord Knutsford married Lady Mary Ashburnham, daughter of Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, in 1883. They had two daughters. He died in July 1931, aged 76. As he had no sons he was succeeded in his titles by his younger twin brother Arthur.
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barrister and peer.
Biography
Knutsford was the eldest twin son of the ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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politician Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Hibbert. His grandfather was the physician and travel writer Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet FRS, DCL , was a British physician and travel writer.-Private Life:Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Holland was the son of the physician Peter Holland and his wife Mary Willets. Peter's sister Elizabeth was the mother of the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary was the...
. His mother died when he was three years old.
Knutsford was educated at Wellington College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
, and was called to the Bar in 1879. In 1888 he acted as Company Doctor to East and West India docks. He was a Director of many companies including an English, Scottish and Australian Bank, and the Underground Electric Railways Company. He was also a Director of City and South London Railway, London and Scottish Life Assurance Company and was an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
. He was made a Chairman of Poplar Hospital in 1891 before becoming President in 1920 and he was Chairman of the London Hospital House Committee from 1896 to 1931. He succeeded his father as Viscount Knutsford in 1914.
Lord Knutsford married Lady Mary Ashburnham, daughter of Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, in 1883. They had two daughters. He died in July 1931, aged 76. As he had no sons he was succeeded in his titles by his younger twin brother Arthur.