HOLMES, Rev. Joseph. b. 1789; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam., 3 wrangler 1812, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815, B.D. 1840, fellow and tutor of his coll. to 1819; head master Leeds gram. sch. 1830–53; C. of Trinity ch. Leeds 1830–45; author of The duty of a Christian state to support a national church establishment 1834. d. Leeds 14 June 1854. Taylor’s Biog. Leodiensis (1865) 454–5.
HOLMES, Rev. Peter (1 son of Walter Holmes of Bickleigh, Plymouth). b. Bickleigh 1815; ed. at Plymouth gram. sch. and at Magd. hall Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1844, D.D. 1859; C. of Sheepstor, Devon 1840–3; head master Plymouth gram. sch. 1840–54; diocesan inspector of schools, deanery of Plympton 7 years; kept a private school at Plymouth; F.R.A.S. Dec. 1841; author of Observations on the standard of doctrine in the Church of England 1848; Bishop Bull’s Defensio fidei Nicænæ. A translation 2 vols. 1851–2; contributed to Anglo-Catholic library, Christian Remembrancer, Kitto’s Biblical Cyclopædia, Clark’s Ante-Nicene Christian library. d. Wellington villa, Mannamead, Plymouth 11 Oct. 1878; left a valuable library. Academy ii, 428 (1878).
HOLMES, Robert (son of Mr. Holmes of Belfast). b. Dublin 1765; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1787; called to bar in Ireland 1795; imprisoned some months, being suspected of complicity with his brother-in-law, Robert Emmet’s rising 1803; had the largest practice in the Irish courts, made upwards of £100,000; refused offices of crown prosecutor, King’s counsel, and solicitor general; author of A demonstration of the necessity of the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland 1799; The case of Ireland stated 1847. d. 37 Eaton place, Belgrave sq. London 30 Nov. 1859. Dublin Univ. Mag., Jany. 1848 pp. 122–33, portrait; O’Flanagan’s Irish Bar (1879) 273–87.
HOLMES, Rev. Samuel (son of John Holmes of Feversham, Kent). b. 1826; ed. at Magd. hall, Ox., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1845; P.C. of Sidcup 1844–50; R. of North Cray 1850–5; V. of Huddersfield 1855–66; canon residentiary of Ripon cath. 1863 to death; V. of St. Paul, Dorking 1866–81; author of sermons. d. 18 Park parade, Harrogate 9 Nov. 1890.
HOLMES, William (5 son of Thomas Holmes of co. Sligo, brewer). b. co. Sligo 1779; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1795; D.C.L. of Oxford univ. 5 July 1810; military sec. to Sir Thomas Hislop in West Indies; M.P. for Grampound 1808–12, for Tregony 1812–18, for Totnes 1819–20, for Bishop’s Castle 1820–30, for Haslemere 1830–2; contested Ipswich 1835; M.P. Berwick on Tweed 1837–41; contested Stafford 1841; whipper-in to the Tory party 30 years; treasurer of the ordnance 1820–30; was close to Spencer Perceval when he was assassinated 1812 and near to Wm. Huskisson when he was killed 1830. d. Grafton st. Bond st. London 26 Jany. 1851. Portraits of eminent conservatives 2nd series (1846), portrait.
HOLMES, Sir William Henry (3 son of Alexander Holmes of Athgarven, co. Kildare). b. 1817; private sec. to Sir Henry Light when governor of Guiana 1838–47; provost marshal of Guiana 1847, adjutant general of militia there; comr. from Guiana to Paris exhibition 1855; knighted at Buckingham palace 4 April 1856; author of Report of an expedition to explore a route to the gold fields of Caratal 1857; Free cotton, how and where to grow it 1862. d. 5 Osborne villas, Stoke, Devonport 9 Aug. 1868.
HOLMES, William Henry. b. Sudbury, Derbyshire 8 Jany. 1812; student at R.A. of music 1822, sub-professor of pianoforte 1826, afterwards professor; the teacher of W. S. Bennett, J. W. Davison, G. A. and W. Macfarren; appeared as a pianist at Philharmonic Soc. concert 24 March 1851; composer of The Elfin of the Lake, an opera 1850, of very numerous pieces left in MS. and of 130 printed pieces for the piano 1835–81. d. 23 April 1885. bur. Brompton cemet. 27 April. Cazalet’s Hist. of R. Acad. of music (1854) 295; Grove’s Dict. of music, i, 744 (1879).
HOLMES, Sir William Richard (son of William Henry Holmes of Kilrea, co. Londonderry). b. London 1821; entered consular service at Erzeroum, Oct. 1841; vice consul at Batoom, Asia Minor 17 March 1846; consul at Diarbekir 23 Nov. 1852; consul in Bosnia 12 Jany. 1860; British delegate to commission for pacification of Herzegovina 1861; knighted at Osborne 13 Aug. 1877; retired from the service 1 Sep. 1877 on a pension; author of Sketches on the shores of the Caspian 1845. d. Yewhurst, Belvedere, Kent 19 Jany. 1882.
HOLMS, John (son of James Holms of Saucel Bank, Paisley). b. Saucel Bank 21 Sep. 1830; partner in firm of W. Holms and Brothers, spinners, Glasgow; M.P. Hackney, London 1868–85; a lord of the treasury April 1880 to May 1882; parliamentary sec. of board of trade 1882–5; author of The British army in 1875, its administration and organization 1875; Our military difficulty. d. 16 Cornwall gardens, Queen’s gate, London 31 March 1891. I.L.N. lxvi, 199, 200 (1875), portrait, 11 April 1891 p. 467, portrait.
HOLROYD, Edward (3 son of Sir George Sowley Holroyd 1758–1831, justice of court of Queen’s Bench). b. 24 July 1794; ed. at Charterhouse and Trin. coll. Cam.; admitted at Gray’s inn 26 Nov. 1812; special pleader under the bar 7 years; barrister G.I. 26 April 1826; a comr. of bankrupts Nov. 1828; a comr. of bankruptcy court Oct. 1831 to 31 Dec. 1869 when granted sum of £2000 on abolition of office; author of Observations upon the case of A. Thornton tried for the murder of Mary Ashford 1819. d. Elland lodge, Wimbledon 29 Jany. 1881.