HOLMES, Henry (d. 1738), of Thorley, Yarmouth, I.o.W.

Family and Education

s. of Thomas Holmes of Kilmallock, co. Limerick. m. c.1693, Mary (d. 1760), illegit. da. of his uncle Sir Robert Holmes*, 8s. 8da. suc. uncle Sir Robert Holmes 1692. Berry, Hants Gens. 350–3; R. Ollard, Man of War, 231.

Offices Held

Lt. coy. of Grenadiers Mar. 1687; lt. 8 Ft. Nov. 1687, capt. 1689, maj. 1692; capt. and gov. Hurst Castle 1683–95, 1702–14; lt.-gov. I.o.W. 1710–14. CSP Dom. Jan.–June 1683, p. 300; 1685, p. 43; 1689–90, p. 341; Mass. Hist. Soc. Procs. ser. 2, ii. 179; Scots Courant, 11–13 Sept. 1710; Boyer, Anne Annals, ix. 240; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 626.

Freeman, Southampton 1710. Southampton RO, Southampton bor. recs. SC3/2, f. 43.

Parlimentarian

HOLMES, Henry (d.1738), of Thorley, Yarmouth, I.o.W.

Main residence: Thorley, Yarmouth, I.o.W.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

HOLMES, Henry (d. 1738)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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