Richard Holt (died 1710)

Richard Holt (1639–1710) was an English M.P. during the second half of the 17th century.

Holt was born in Portsmouth, the son of John Holt and Catherine née Bricket. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford.Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 Hieron-Horridge, pp 706–747 In 1667 he married Margaret Whithed of West Tytherley: they had two daughters.'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p8: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 He was appointed a Freeman of Portsmouth in 1658; of Lymington in 1677; and of Winchester in 1695. He was Commissioner of Wastes and Spoils for the New Forest from 1692.

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