Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Knutsford Bt GCMG PC |
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| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
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In office 14 January 1887 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Hon. Edward Stanhope |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Ripon |
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Henry Thurstan Holland 3 August 1825 Brook Street, Mayfair, Middlesex |
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29 January 1914 (aged 88) Eaton Square, Belgravia, Middlesex |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Hibbert (d. 1855) |
| Alma mater |
University of Durham Trinity College, Cambridge |
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford GCMG PC (3 August 1825 – 29 January 1914), known as Sir Henry Holland, Bt, from 1873 to 1888 and as The Lord Knutsford from 1888 to 1895, was a British Conservative politician, best known for serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1887 to 1892.
The son of Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, a prominent physician, Knutsford was educated at Harrow School, Durham University, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and took his degree in 1847. He studied law, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1849. He practiced law privately until 1867, when he became legal advisor to the Colonial Office.
In 1870 Knutsford became assistant colonial undersecretary, serving until 1874, and in 1873, having succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet, he was elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative. In Lord Salisbury's first administration (1885–1886), Knutsford served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and then as Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education. He served in this role again at the beginning of Salisbury's second ministry (1886–1887), but was soon promoted to Colonial Secretary (in January 1887).
As Colonial Secretary, Knutsford was largely concerned with South African affairs, being the Colonial Secretary who granted the charter for Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company in 1887. In 1888 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Knutsford, of Knutsford in the County Palatine of Chester. In 1895, Knutsford was not included in Salisbury's new government. He was further honoured the same year when he was made Viscount Knutsford, of Knutsford in the County Palatine of Chester.
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