Holland, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705–1774)

English statesman. He entered Parliament in 1738, becoming a partisan of Robert Walpole. In 1743 he became a lord of the Treasury, and three years later was promoted to the office of secretary-at-war, in which position he remained until 1755, when he was appointed secretary of state. He resigned in the following year, but in 1757 became paymaster-general of the forces, and in this lucrative office he amassed a vast fortune.

Holland was born in Chiswick, London, England. He was educated at Eton School. He took no active part in politics after 1763, when he was created a peer.