INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Holiday.
ment serving in the Colonies, 1904; 2nd Indian Army Transport, 1905; Member of the House of Laymen; has spoken and written extensively on matters relating to the Church and education. Address: Walden Abbott, Whitwell, Herts.
Holland, Com. Gerald Edward, C.I.E., (1900), D.S.O. (1890), retired Marine Superintendent, L. and N.W. Railway, Holyhead: b. Dublin, 1860; 2nd s. of late Denis Holland of Dublin; m. Mary, e.d. of late Edmund Dwyer Gray, 1896; educ: Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire; joined Royal Indian Marine, 1880; Lieutenant, 1882; served with Burma Expeditionary Force, 1887-89 (medal, 2 clasps); Commander, 1898; Chin Lushai Expedition, 1889-90 (claps, despatches, D.S.O.); commanded Royal Indian Marine troopship “Warren Hastings” when that vessel was lost on Reunion Islands 1897; tried by Court Martial, was reprimanded; Viceroy’s Commendatory order containing warm praise published simultaneously with Court-Martial finding; served on Naval Transport Staff, Durban, 1899-1900; Divisional Officer, Naval Transport Staff, (despatches thrice, medal, clasp, C.I.E.), 1900; Principal Port Officer, Rangoon, 1901-4. Recreations: cricket, golf, yachting, motoring. Address . Bryn-y-Mor, Holyhead. Club: Oriental.
Holland, Major-General Henry William, C.B. (1869), Indian Army, (retired); e.s. of late Major Henry Colson Holland; b. at Bombay, 1825; educ: Cheltenham, and Woolwich; m. twice; joined the Army in 13th Bombay Native Infantry, 1841; S.A. Commissary General, 1847; became Captain, 1856; Major, 1891; Lieutenant Colonel, 1867; Controller of Supply and Transport in Abyssinion War, 1867-68 (despatches, Brevet of Colonel, medal, and C.B.); Commissiory General, Bombay Army, 1870-77; Major General, 1877; retired, 1877. Address: 21, Havelock Road, Croydon.
Holland, Robert Erskine, B. A., I.C S. Political Agent and Consul at Muscat since 1908; b. London, 1873; s. of Prof. Holland, K.C.; m. Gwendoline, e.d. of Francis E. Crow, 1910; educ: Winchester, and Oriel Coll. Oxford; joined I.C.S., 1895; served as Assistant Collector and Magistrate; transferred to Bombay, 1900; served there for a short period, and was retransferred to Madras, 1902; Secretary, Board of Revenue, Madras, 1903; Foreign Department, Government of India Secretariat, 1904-8. Recreaions: riding, shooting, tennis, photography. Address: Muscat, Arabia. Clubs: East India United Service, Bengal, Calcutta.
Holland, Sir Thomas Henry, K.C.I.E., (1908) D.Sc. F.R.S., (1904), F.G.S. Professor of Geology, Manchester University, since 1909; s. of late John Holland Springfield, Canada; b. 1868; m. Francis Maud, d. of late Chas Chapman; National Scholar, 1885; Murchison Medalist and Prizeman, 1887; Assoc. Royal Coll. Science 1888; Berkely Fellow of the Owens College, 1889; joined I.C.S., 1890; Deputy Superintendent, Geological Survey, 1894; President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1909; President, Mining and Geological Institute of India, 1906; Director of Geological Survey, India, 1903-1909; Chairman of Trustees, Indian Museum, 1905-09
