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[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir Arthur Edward Aveling Holland''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|KCMG|DSO|MVO}} (13 April 1862 – 7 December 1927) was a [[British Army]] officer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative and Unionist]] politician.
[[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sir Arthur Edward Aveling Holland''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|KCMG|DSO|MVO}} (13 April 1862 – 7 December 1927) was a [[British Army]] officer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative and Unionist]] politician.


==Military career==
==Military career==
[[File:The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q961.jpg|thumb|left|King George V watching a practice attack at the Third Army Trench Mortar School at Ligny-Saint-Flochel, where the King was received by Major-General Arthur Holland, Commander, Royal Artillery for Third Army, and Major Hudson, who was in charge, 9 August 1916.]]
Born the son of Major-General Butcher, Butcher changed his surname to Holland in 1910.<ref name=times>[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/chronicles/holland1927.html Obituary: General Sir Arthur Holland MP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031235/http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/chronicles/holland1927.html |date=4 March 2016 }} The Times, 8 December 1927</ref> Holland was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1880.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HOLLAND3.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served in the [[Second Boer War]] and then became Assistant Military Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of [[Malta]] in 1903 before holding a similar role at the [[War Office]] from 1910.<ref name=lh/> In 1912 he was appointed [[Commandant]] of the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]].<ref name=lh/> He also served in [[World War I]] becoming [[Commander]] [[Royal Artillery]] for [[8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|8th Division]] in which capacity he took part in the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] in March 1915.<ref name=times/> In July 1915 he became Commander Royal Artillery for [[VII Corps (United Kingdom)|VII Corps]] and in September 1915 he was appointed [[General Officer Commanding]] [[1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|1st Division]].<ref name=times/> He continued his war service as Commander Royal Artillery for [[Third Army (United Kingdom)|3rd Army]] from June 1916 and as [[General Officer Commanding]] [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]] from February 1917 before retiring in 1920.<ref name=lh/>

Born the son of Major General Butcher, Butcher changed his surname to Holland in 1910.<ref name=times>[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/chronicles/holland1927.html Obituary: General Sir Arthur Holland MP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031235/http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/chronicles/holland1927.html |date=4 March 2016 }} The Times, 8 December 1927</ref> Holland was, after graduating from the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy at Woolwich]], [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Artillery]] in May 1880.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HOLLAND3.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24848|page=3221|date=28 May 1880}}</ref>

He served in the [[Second Boer War]] and then became Assistant Military Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of [[Malta]] in 1903 before holding a similar role at the [[War Office]] from 1910.<ref name=lh/> In 1912 he was appointed [[commandant]] of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, for which he was later promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in January 1913.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28682|pages=410-411|date=17 January 1913}}</ref>

He also served in the [[World War I|First World War]], which began in the summer of 1914, becoming [[commander, Royal Artillery]] (CRA) of the [[8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|8th Division]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28933|page=8116|date=8 October 1914|supp=y}}</ref> in which capacity he took part in the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] in March 1915.<ref name=times/> In July he became CRA for [[VII Corps (United Kingdom)|VII Corps]] but was only there briefly as in September, after being promoted to the temporary rank of major general,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29319|page=9871|date=5 October 1915|supp=y}}</ref> he succeeded [[Richard Haking]] as [[general officer commanding]] (GOC) of the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|1st Division]].<ref name=times/> His major general's rank having been made substantive in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12894|page=86|date=17 January 1916|city=e}}</ref> he continued his war service as CRA for the [[Third Army (United Kingdom)|Third Army]] from June 1916<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29667|page=6985|date=14 July 1916}}</ref> and as GOC [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]] from February 1917, upon being made a temporary lieutenant-general.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29996|page=2862|date=23 March 1917}}</ref>

He became [[colonel commandant]] of the Royal Artillery in October 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31801|page=2437|date=27 February 1920|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from the army in March 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31815|page=2890|date=5 March 1920|supp=y}}</ref> after his rank of lieutenant-general was made permanent.<ref name=lh/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31092|page=13|date=31 December 1918|supp=y}}</ref>


==Member of Parliament==
==Member of Parliament==
He was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton]] from 1924 until his death in 1927.<ref name=lh/> The consequent [[1928 Northampton by-election|by-election]] for his seat was won by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate [[Cecil L'Estrange Malone|Cecil Malone]].
Holland was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton]] from 1924 until his death in 1927.<ref name=lh/> The consequent [[1928 Northampton by-election|by-election]] for his seat was won by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate [[Cecil L'Estrange Malone|Cecil Malone]].


==Family==
==Family==
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For other people named Arthur Holland, see Arthur Holland (disambiguation).

Sir Arthur Holland
1917 portrait by Francis Dodd
Birth nameArthur Edward Aveling Butcher
Born(1862-04-13)13 April 1862
Kent, England[1]
Died7 December 1927(1927-12-07) (aged 65)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1880–1920
RankLieutenant General
CommandsI Corps
1st Division
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Legion of Honour[2]

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Edward Aveling Holland, KCB, KCMG, DSO, MVO (13 April 1862 – 7 December 1927) was a British Army officer and Conservative and Unionist politician.

Military career

King George V watching a practice attack at the Third Army Trench Mortar School at Ligny-Saint-Flochel, where the King was received by Major-General Arthur Holland, Commander, Royal Artillery for Third Army, and Major Hudson, who was in charge, 9 August 1916.

Born the son of Major General Butcher, Butcher changed his surname to Holland in 1910.[3] Holland was, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, commissioned into the Royal Artillery in May 1880.[4][5]

He served in the Second Boer War and then became Assistant Military Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta in 1903 before holding a similar role at the War Office from 1910.[4] In 1912 he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, for which he was later promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in January 1913.[6]

He also served in the First World War, which began in the summer of 1914, becoming commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of the 8th Division,[7] in which capacity he took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915.[3] In July he became CRA for VII Corps but was only there briefly as in September, after being promoted to the temporary rank of major general,[8] he succeeded Richard Haking as general officer commanding (GOC) of the 1st Division.[3] His major general's rank having been made substantive in January 1916,[9] he continued his war service as CRA for the Third Army from June 1916[10] and as GOC I Corps from February 1917, upon being made a temporary lieutenant-general.[11]

He became colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery in October 1919.[12] He retired from the army in March 1920,[13] after his rank of lieutenant-general was made permanent.[4][14]

Member of Parliament

Holland was Member of Parliament for Northampton from 1924 until his death in 1927.[4] The consequent by-election for his seat was won by the Labour candidate Cecil Malone.

Family

Arthur Holland married Mary Kate Duval; they had one daughter.[3] He died in 1927 and was interred in Greenwich Cemetery.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Life story: Arthur Edward Aveling Holland | Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk.
  2. ^ "No. 31150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1919. p. 1445.
  3. ^ a b c d Obituary: General Sir Arthur Holland MP Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Times, 8 December 1927
  4. ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  5. ^ "No. 24848". The London Gazette. 28 May 1880. p. 3221.
  6. ^ "No. 28682". The London Gazette. 17 January 1913. pp. 410–411.
  7. ^ "No. 28933". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 October 1914. p. 8116.
  8. ^ "No. 29319". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 1915. p. 9871.
  9. ^ "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 86.
  10. ^ "No. 29667". The London Gazette. 14 July 1916. p. 6985.
  11. ^ "No. 29996". The London Gazette. 23 March 1917. p. 2862.
  12. ^ "No. 31801". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1920. p. 2437.
  13. ^ "No. 31815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 March 1920. p. 2890.
  14. ^ "No. 31092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 13.
  15. ^ "Greenwich Cemetery". London Gardens Online. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich
1912–1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General Officer Commanding 1st Division
1915–1916 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General Officer Commanding I Corps
1917–1918 		Post disbanded
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Northampton
1924–1927 		Succeeded by
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