Christopher Hole

For the CEO born Christopher Hole, see Max Hole.

Christopher Hole (by 1511–1570) was an English politician.

Life

Hole was born in Devon by 1511. By 1548, he had married Dorothy, a widow from London. They had one daughter. He inherited a messuage and some land in South Tawton, Devon, which he sold by 1523. He bought more property in the area.^[1]

Career

Hole was a lawyer, mainly based in Dorset. He was a Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1545, 1547, 1554 and 1558, during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.^[1]

Death

He lived his property around South Tawton to his nephew, George Robinson, and the rest to his daughter Margaret and her husband, Stephen Brent, who were his executors.^[1]