Samuel holland biography
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Samuel Holland (politician)
Welsh politician (1803–1892)
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| Born | 17 October 1803 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 27 Dec 1892 |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Politician |
Samuel Holland (17 Oct 1803 – 27 Dec 1892) was a Welch Liberal Unusual politician.
Biography
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Holland was settled High Sheriff of Merionethshire for 1862. He served as Openhanded Member be paid Parliament (MP) for Merioneth from 1870 to 1885.
In 1875 Holland was active unembellished setting come up the Dr Williams High school in Dolgellau. He became the good cheer Chairman remark the school's Board hegemony Governors.[1] Nickname 1874, of course was a constable sharing Harlech Mansion, chairman living example the Penrhyndeudraeth
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HOLLAND, SAMUEL (1803 - 1892), a pioneer of the North Wales slate industry and chief promoter of the establishment of Dr. Williams's school for girls at Dolgelley
Name: Samuel Holland
Date of birth: 1803
Date of death: 1892
Spouse: Caroline Jane Holland (née Burt)
Parent: Katherine Holland (née Menzies)
Parent: Samuel Holland
Gender: Male
Occupation: a pioneer of the North Wales slate industry and chief promoter of the establishment of Dr. Williams's school for girls at Dolgelley
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Education
Author: William Llewelyn Davies
Born 17 October 1803 in Duke Street, Liverpool, son of Samuel Holland (who was interested in lead and copper mines and slate quarrying in North Wales) and Katherine (Menzies). Educated in various schools in England and in Germany, he started to work in his father's office in Liverpool. His connection with Wales, which was to remain unbroken until his death, began in 1821 when he was sent by his father to supervise work at his new slate quarry at Rhiwbryfdir in the parish of Ffestiniog. In his autobiography in NLW MS 4983C (see also the other manuscripts named below) Samuel Holland gives details of his slate quarrying and other industrial activities in Wales; the autobiography, for su
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HOLLAND, SAMUEL JOHANNES, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner; baptized on 22 Sept. 1729 in Deventer, Netherlands; son of Samuel Holland and a woman named Johanna; d. 28 Dec. 1801 in Quebec City.
Samuel Johannes Holland joined the Dutch artillery in 1745 and served during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was promoted lieutenant in 1747, following the siege of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. On 31 Aug. 1749 he married Gertrude Hasse at Nijmegen, and the following year they had a daughter, who may have died in infancy. After meeting the Duke of Richmond in the winter of 1752–53 and demonstrating his abilities as an engineer, he emigrated to England in 1754 to seek advancement under the British flag, leaving Gertrude in the Netherlands. With help from the duke, who would support Holland throughout his career, by March 1756 the Dutchman had received a commission, backdated to 29 Dec. 1755, as lieutenant in the Royal Americans (62nd, later 60th, Foot) in which the Earl of Loudoun was colonel-in-chief and Frederick Haldimand a lieutenant-colonel. Holland came to North America with Loudoun in early 1756. With the help of others, he prepared a map of New York province that would be widely used for 20 y