Biography of John Holles 1st Earl de Clare 1564-1637

Before 1562 [his father] Denzil Holles (age 23) and [his mother] Eleanor Sheffield (age 24) were married.

In May 1564 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare was born to [his father] Denzil Holles (age 26) and [his mother] Eleanor Sheffield (age 27) at Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire.

In 1579 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 14) educated at Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map].

In 1583 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 18) educated at Gray's Inn.

On 12th April 1590 [his father] Denzil Holles (age 52) died. He was buried at Irby upon Humber.

On 23rd May 1591 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 27) and Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 15) were married.

On 13th June 1595 [his son] John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare was born to John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 31) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 19) at Haughton, Nottinghamshire. He married 4th September 1626 his second cousin once removed Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare, daughter of Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere and Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury, and had issue.

In 1597 [his son] Robert Holles was born to John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 32) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 21). He married Ursula Cooper.

On 31st October 1599 [his son] Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles was born to John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 35) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 23). He married (1) 1628 Dorothy Ashley and had issue (2) 1642 his sixth cousin Jane Shirley Baroness Holles (3) 1666 Esther Le Lou Baroness Holles.

In 1604 [his son] Francis Holles was born to John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 39) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 28).

Before 1610 [his son-in-law] Oliver Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Tyrconnel and [his daughter] Eleanore Holles Countess Tyrconnel were married. She the daughter of John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 45) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 33).

On 9th July 1616 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 52) was created 1st Baron Haughton. [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 40) by marriage Baroness Haughton.

In 1622 [his son] Francis Holles (age 18) died. He was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 2nd November 1624 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 60) was created 1st Earl Clare. [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 48) by marriage Countess Clare.

In February 1625 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 31) and [his daughter] Arabella Holles were married. She the daughter of John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 60) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 49). They were sixth cousins.

On 4th September 1626 [his son] John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. He the son of John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 62) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 50). They were second cousin once removed.

In 1628 [his son] Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Ashley were married. He the son of John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 63) and [his wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 52).

In 1631 [his daughter] Arabella Holles died in childbirth.

On 4th October 1637 John Holles 1st Earl de Clare (age 73) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Nottingham. His son John (age 42) succeeded 2nd Earl Clare, 2nd Baron Haughton.

In 1651 [his former wife] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 75) died.

[his daughter] Arabella Holles was born to John Holles 1st Earl de Clare and Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare. She married February 1625 her sixth cousin Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford, son of William Wentworth 1st Baronet and Anne Atkins Baroness Wentworth Woodhouse, and had issue.

[his daughter] Eleanore Holles Countess Tyrconnel was born to John Holles 1st Earl de Clare and Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare. She married before 1610 Oliver Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Tyrconnel, son of Thomas Fitzwilliam 1st Viscount Fitzwilliam and Margaret Plunkett.