Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet (27 October 1788-27 October 1873) was a British physician and travel writer.

Holland was the son of the physician Peter Holland (1766-1853) and his wife Mary Willets, through whom he was a cousin of the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell and nephew of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. In 1822 he married, Margaret Emma Caldwell (1795-1830, known as Emma), with whom he had two sons and two daughters:
* Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford (1825-1914)
* Francis James Holland, (1828-1907)
* Emily Mary Holland (1824- 1908) married Charles Buxton; their son was Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
* Elinor Anne Holland (1826 -1829)

Emma died in 2 February 1830. He later became son-in-law to the wit Sydney Smith whose daughter, Saba, he married as his second wife, with whom he had two daughters.
* Caroline Holland (1834-1909)
* Gertrude Holland (1840-1898)

Holland gained fame through his travel writings, having travelled to Iceland and through the Balkans and the Iberian peninsula, while the British were at war with France. He was also a talented society physician, and between his good looks, his charm, and his experiences and conversation, he was much in demand.

Holland died on his 85th birthday in 1873.