c. 1872-1885, Photograph, B 70903/101
Edward Thomas Holden of Walsall, England. He was born in April 1796, and married Elizabeth (nee Mason) in 1820. They had 10 children, before Elizabeth died in 1835 (aged 36). Edward owned a successful saddlery business in Walsall, and was the Mayor of Walsall. One of Edward ad Elizabeth's children was Thomas Alexander Holden, who started the J. A. Holden & Co. business which led to GM Holden Ltd. Edward married Eliza Brittell in April 1938; he died in May of 1851.