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Samuel Holden (1675–1740) was an English merchant, politician, and nonconformist activist. ==Life== The son of Joseph Holden by his second wife Patricia Watts, he was employed when still young by the Russia Company at Riga. He became a successful merchant in London, a director of the Bank of England, its Deputy Governor〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Deputy Governors of the Bank of England )〕 and its Governor from 1729 to 1731.〔(historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Holden, Samuel (c.1675-1740), of Roehampton, Surr''. )〕 A Dissenter, Holden chaired from 1732 a committee for the repeal of the Corporation Act and other Test Acts. He entered Parliament as Member for in 1735. Undertakings by Sir Robert Walpole not to obstruct actively moves for repeal turned out to be largely irrelevant when Holden tried to introduce legislation in the area. He resigned from the committee in 1736, forced out in favour of Benjamin Avery.〔 In 1744 his daughter and co-heir Mary married John Jolliffe, the MP for Petersfield. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Holden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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