Philip Holman

Philip Holman (c. 1593 – July 1669) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.

Holman was a scrivener of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. He acquired property at Warkworth, Northamptonshire from the Chetwood family and rebuilt part of the manor house.[1] He became High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1638. In 1651 he was elected alderman of the City of London for Walbrook ward and was also elected Sheriff of London.[2]

In 1659, Holman was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[3]

Holman died at the age of 76 and was buried in the church at Warkworth.[1]

Holman was the father of Sir John Holman, 1st Baronet.[4]

References

1. Anthony à Wood Athenae Oxonienses
2. 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 75-119. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
3. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
4. 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 16 July 2011

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Gilbert Pickering, 1st Baronet John Claypole William Boteler Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Alexander Blake	Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire 1659 With: Richard Knightley	Succeeded by Sir Gilbert Pickering, 1st Baronet