The younger son of Sir Henry Holland by his first wife; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a physician, scientist and clergyman who was Canon of Canterbury (1882).

REFERENCES TO Francis James Holland:

Sydney Smith to Saba Holland, 3 June 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)