Holland Sir Henry

Holland, Sir. Henry, Bart. (1788-1873), physician, was born at Knutsford in Cheshire. After studying at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh he settled in London (1816), where he became an eminent private practitioner. In 1852 he was appointed physician-in-ordinary to the Queen. He was also distinguished as a traveller, and in 1812 published his Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, and Greece.