HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (159o-1649), 2nd son of Robert, 1st earl of Warwick, and of Penelope, Sir Philip Sidney's "Stella," daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex, was baptized on Aug. 59, 159o, educated at Emmanuel college, Cambridge, knighted in 161o, and returned to parliament for Leicester in 1610 and 1614. In 1610 he was present at the siege of Juliers. Favours were showered upon him by James I. He was made gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles, prince of Wales, and captain of the yeomen of the guard; and in 1623 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kensington. In 1624 he was sent to Paris to negotiate the marriage treaty between Charles and Henrietta Maria. In September he was created earl of Hol land, and in 1625 was sent on two further missions, first to Paris to arrange a treaty between Louis XIII. and the Huguenots, and later to the Netherlands with Buckingham. He held various places under Charles I., but deserted his cause in 1641. He was chosen by the parliament in March and July 1642 to communicate its votes to Charles, who received him with studied coldness. He was appointed one of the committee of safety in July, and joined Essex's army at Twickenham, where, it is said, he persuaded him to avoid a battle. In 1643 he appeared as a peacemaker, and after failing to bring over Essex, he returned to the king. His recep tion, however, was not a cordial one, and after the first battle of Newbury he once more returned to the parliament. Once again he renewed his allegiance to the king's cause ; and after en deavouring to promote the negotiations for peace in 1645 and 1647 he took up arms in the second Civil War, received a corn mission as general, and put himself at the head of 600 men at Kingston. He was defeated on July 7, 1647, captured at St. Neots shortly afterwards, and imprisoned at Warwick Castle. He was sentenced to death, and was executed together with Hamilton and Capel on March 9, 1649.