1. Robert Hollond was an English balloonist, lawyer, and politician.
10 Facts About Robert Hollond
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Robert Hollond funded and then took part in establishing a distance ballooning record with Thomas Monck Mason and Charles Green.
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Robert Hollond later served as a Whig politician representing the constituency of Hastings.
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Hollond was born in 1808 to William Hollond who was a wealthy civil servant in Bengal.
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Robert Hollond studied law at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge and despite his enthusiasm for ballooning he had become a lawyer by 1834.
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Robert Hollond channelled his ballooning interest into funding a record balloon attempt in 1836 by the experienced aeronaut, Charles Green.
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In 1837, Robert Hollond served as a Whig politician representing the constituency of Hastings.
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In 1840 Robert Hollond married Ellen Julia Teed, an author and philanthropist.
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Ellen Robert Hollond gave a Francois Boucher painting called "Pan and Syrinx" to the National Gallery.
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Ellen Julia Robert Hollond was said to be the founder of London's first creche.