Background
William Drury Holden was born in 1802 eldest son of Robert Holden of Darley Abbey and, through his wife née Mary-Anne Drury-Lowe, of Denby and Locko Park.
William Drury Holden was born in 1802 eldest son of Robert Holden of Darley Abbey and, through his wife née Mary-Anne Drury-Lowe, of Denby and Locko Park.
He completed his education with a bachelor of arts from Christ Church, Oxford.
In the 1850s, the Drury-Lowes lived abroad whilst extensive building work took place at Locko Park. The building work included a picture gallery for the paintings they had obtained whilst in Italy. He had returned from France in time to be the High Sheriff of Derbyshire for 1854.