Philip Holman Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/b30456903_0002 Anthony à Wood Athenae Oxonienses
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67242 '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. 1. 2. 229–239.
4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67247 '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