Commons 1715-1754

bap. 2 Nov. 1699, 1st s. of Henry, and bro. of Henry Holmes. m. (1) Anne (bur. 29 Sept. 1743), da. of Henry Player of Alverstone, Hants, wid. of Colby Apsley, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Catherine, da. of John Leigh of Shorwell, I.o.W., s.p. suc. fa. 1738. cr. Baron Holmes [I] 11 Sept. 1760.

bap. 28 Feb. 1703, 2nd s. of Henry and bro. of Thomas Holmes. m. cos. Anne, da. of Nicholas Lysaght of Mountnorth, co. Cork by Grace, yst. da. of Col. Thomas Holmes, s.p.

b. 26 Apr. 1720, 1st s. of Sir Clobery Holte, 4th Bt., by Barbara, da. and h. of Thomas Lister of Whitfield, Northants. educ. Hartlebury sch. Salop; Magdalen, Oxf. 1737. m. (1) 5 Oct. 1739 (with £12,000 and jointure of £1,000 p.a.), Lady Anne Legge (d. June 1740), da. of William Legge, M.P., 1st Earl of Dartmouth, s.p.; (2) 18 July 1742 (with £10,000) Mary (d. 16 July 1752), da. of Sir John Harpur, 4th Bt., sis. of Sir Henry Harpur of Calke, Derbys. s.p.; (3) 5 July 1755 (with £2,000), Sarah, da. of Samuel Newton of King’s Bromley, Staffs., s.p. suc. fa. 25 July 1729.

b. bef. 1676.His yr. bro. Philip, who was first commissioned in 1694, must have been born c. 1677. s. of Charles Ludovic Honywood of Charing, Kent by Mary, da. of Mr. Clement of Portsmouth. m. Mary, da. and eventually h. of Sir Richard Sandford, 2nd Bt., of Howgill Castle, Westmld., 5s. 1da. suc. his distant cos. John Lamotte Honywood (M.P. Essex 1679-81, 1693) to Markshall and other Essex estates 1693.

b. ?1701, 1st s. of Edward Hooper of Heron Court, Christchurch, Hants by Lady Dorothy Ashley Cooper, da. of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 5 May 1720, aged 18; M. Temple 1717, called 1724. unm. suc. fa. 1759.