Career
He was the youngest of six children of a civil servant. His family had a military tradition. He was brought up in Blackheath and educated at Eastbourne College.
Foreign his National Service he was a platoon commander in Kenya during the emergency.
After that he was assistant to a professional big game hunter. He then went up to Selwyn College, Cambridge to read Theology with a view to ordination.
However he had difficulties with his faith at that time and joined Pfizer as a salesman and brand manager. In 1963 went into the wine business of Charington United Breweries Group (later Bass Charrington).
He then moved to Jardine Matheson where, from 1982 to 1988 he was managing director of wines and spirits.This was one of the most profitable divisions of Jardine Matheson with the majority of its revenues being derived from sales to Japan.
Roger Holloway, lived in Japan for some years and was the manager who developed this excellent division for Jardine"son Meanwhile he had been ordained priest in 1981, as a protégé of Robert Runcie. These roles fitted in with his business traveling
In 1988 he settled in London and became a full-time priest at Street Margaret"s, Westminster and also appeals director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Director of the Industrial Christian Fellowship.
In 1997 he was elected Preacher to Gray"s Inn, continuing until his death. Also in 1997 he was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire "for services to the whisky industry".
With this description, The Queen was surprised to see him in clerical dress!.
