Henry Holland (20 July 1745 – 17 June 1806) was an
architect to the English nobility. Born in
Fulham,
London, his father also Henry ran a building firm and he built several of
Capability Brown's buildings, although Henry would have learnt a lot from his father about the practicalities of construction it was under Brown that he would learn about architectural design, they formed a partnership in 1771. He married Brown's daughter Bridget on 11 February 1773 at
St George's, Hanover Square. In 1772
Sir John Soane joined Holland's practice in order to further his education, Soane left in 1778 to study in Rome. Holland paid a visit to
Paris in 1787 this is thought to have been in connection with his design of the interiors at Carlton House, from this moment on his interior work owed less to the
Adam style and more to contemporary French taste.