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Adam Holloway

Adam Holloway, English captain and politician

Born
July 29, 1965
Age in 2026
61
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1965

About Adam Holloway

Adam James Harold Holloway (born 29 July 1965) is a British politician and military veteran who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham from 2005 until 2024. He resigned from the Conservative Party in 2025 to join Reform UK. A staunch supporter of pro-Brexit lobby group Leave Means Leave, Holloway was elected to the Parliamentary Home Affairs Select Committee and European Scrutiny Committee. Appointed as Assistant Government Whip in July 2022 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he was promoted Government Whip from September to October 2022. A former British Army Captain, Holloway was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards (1987–92) and served on attachment to the SAS during the First Gulf War. Producer of the World in Action award-winning programme No Fixed Abode (1991) after just three months' experiencing homelessness on the streets of London, Holloway established himself in undercover journalism becoming a television broadcaster with ITN/ITV and Sky News before entering parliament at the 2005 general election by unseating Labour's Chris Pond. == Early life and education == Scion of a West Country family, including collateral ancestor Admiral John Holloway, he was born in 1965 at Faversham in Kent to Roger Holloway and Anne Matthews née Alsop. After attending Cranleigh School in Surrey, Holloway spent his gap year with the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. He then went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read social and political sciences, graduating BA (proceeding MA). As an undergraduate Holloway spent his summer holidays revisiting Afghanistan then witnessing the Nicaraguan Revolution before teaching at Soweto, South Africa. Holloway later pursued further studies at Imperial College London, being awarded MBA. == Military career == After Cambridge, Holloway entered RMA Sandhurst and in 1987 was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards.

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The world when Adam Holloway was born

Adam Holloway was born in 1965. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1965

  • #1 song"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  • Top movieThe Sound of Music
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookDune – Frank Herbert

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMuhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston with "phantom punch"
  • Top headlineUS sends combat troops to Vietnam
  • Technology milestoneFirst spacewalk (Alexei Leonov) and Gemini missions
  • Defining fadGo-go boots and miniskirts
  • Notable inventionAstroturf
  • World population3.34 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population194.3M

1965 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Adam Holloway's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19652026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,600$435,000
Average income$8,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.01$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population194.3M341 million

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