Background
He was the second son of Review Edmund Hollond, of Benhall Lodge, Saxmundham, Suffolk by his first wife Isabella née Robinson and was educated at Harrow School.
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John Hollond
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Harrow School; Trinity College.
Career
He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1862 and was President of the Union in 1865. He received a bachelor"s degree in 1865, receiving a second class in the Classical Tripos. He subsequently obtained a master"s degree.
He was then admitted at the Inner Temple on 12 November 1864 and called to the Bar on 10 June 1870.
He never practised law, however. By 1879 Hollond was chairman of the Paddington Board of Guardians, although he was resident in the coastal resort of Brighton.
In that year he was selected by the Liberal Party along with William Thackeray Marriott to contest the two seat parliamentary constituency of Brighton. In 1884 Marriott resigned his seat to be re-elected as a Conservative, and at the general election of 1885 Hollond lost his seat to David Smith of the Conservative Party.
Following a split in the Liberals over Irish Home Rule, Hollond became a Liberal Unionist, standing unsuccessfully at East Perthshire.
By 1889 he was president of the Marylebone Liberal Unionist Association. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for London and Justice of the Peace for Devon, Somerset and Middlesex. He died at his London residence, 41 Prince"s Gate, Westminster, in October 1912 aged 68.
He was buried at Stanmore.
Membership
At the general election in April 1880 the two Liberals topped the poll, unseating the sitting Conservative members of parliament.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
The Liberal Party