Christopher Hole

For the CEO born Christopher Hole, see Max Hole.

Christopher Hole (by 1511-70) was an English politician.

Life

Hole was born in Devon by 1511. By 1548, he had married Dorothy, a widow from London. They had one daughter. He inherited a messuage and some land in South Tawton, Devon, which he sold by 1523. He bought more property in the area.[1]

Career

Hole was a lawyer, mainly based in Dorset. He was a Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1545, 1547, 1554 and 1558, during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.[2]

Death

He lived his property around South Tawton to his nephew, George Robinson, and the rest to his daughter Margaret and her husband, Stephen Brent, who were his executors.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/hole-christopher-1511-70
  2. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/hole-christopher-1511-70
  3. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/hole-christopher-1511-70
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