After school at
Brighton College and studies at
Oxford, he practiced law as a
barrister from 1863 onwards. In 1874, he returned to Oxford, elected to the
Vinerian Readership in English Law. Later, he became
Chichele Professor of International Law and fellow of
All Souls College. His prolific scholarly work, including an often-cited treatise in legal philosophy (
Elements of Jurisprudence, 1880), his co-founding and editorship of
Law Quarterly Review and his service as a university judge earned him the titles of a
King's Counsel and a
Fellow of the British Academy, as well as a
knighthood in 1917. His son,
Sir Robert Erskine Holland, was an administrator in British India. There is a memorial tablet to him in the chapel of
Brighton College. == Notes ==