Denzil Holles

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English politician Member of Parliament human peer statesman

Denzil Holles was a prominent 17th-century English statesman and leading parliamentary opponent of King Charles I, noted for his role in the events leading up to and during the English Civil War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English politician → Member of Parliament → human → peer → statesman →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
dateOfBirth	1599-10-31 →
dateOfDeath	1680-02-17 →
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford → Gray's Inn →
familyName	Holles →
father	John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare →
givenName	Denzil →
ideology	Presbyterianism →
memberOf	Parliament of England →
mother	Anne Stanhope →
nobleTitle	1st Baron Holles → Baron Holles →
notableEvent	One of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in 1642 helped trigger the English Civil War →
notableWork	A Letter of a Gentleman to His Friend, Showing that the Bishops are not to be Judged by the Presbyterian Rules → Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles → The Holles Papers →
opponentOf	Charles I of England →
parliamentaryFaction	Presbyterian faction in the Long Parliament →
participantIn	Convention Parliament of 1660 → English Civil War → Long Parliament → Restoration of Charles II → Short Parliament →
placeOfBirth	Houghton, Norfolk →
placeOfDeath	Dorchester, Dorset →
positionHeld	Commissioner at the Treaty of Breda → Commissioner at the Treaty of Uxbridge → English ambassador to France → Member of Parliament for Dorchester → Member of Parliament for Launceston → Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel → Member of Parliament for Mitchell → Privy Counsellor of England →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Dorchester NERFINISHED → London →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare →
signature	Signature of Denzil Holles (1st Baron Holles).svg →
spouse	Dorothy Ashley →
supported	Restoration settlement of 1660 →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Long Parliament →	keyFigure
Parliament of 1629 →	notableMember
Self-Denying Ordinance →	significantFigure