HOLMES, Sir Robert (c.1622-92), of Whitehall and Carisbrooke Castle, I.o.W.

Family and Education

b. c. 1622, 3rd s. of Henry Holmes of Mallow, co. Cork, and bro. of Sir John Holmes†. unm. 1da. illegit. Kntd. 27 Mar. 1666. R. Worsley, Hist. Isle of Wight, 267; Torrington Mems. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xlvi), 180.

Offices Held

Cornet, Prince Rupert’s Horse (Royalist) by 1643, page to Prince Rupert 1647; capt. RN 1660, r.-adm. 1666–72; capt. Sandown Castle, I.o.W. Oct. 1660–7; capt. indep. coy. I.o.W. 1665–8, 1669–87; gov. I.o.W. 1668–d.; gov. and v.-adm. Newport 1669–d.; v.-adm. Hants and I.o.W. 1669– May 1692; capt. 8 Ft. 1687–9. E. Warburton, Mems. Prince Rupert, iii. 241; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 327; 1665–6, p. 180; 1667, p. 273; 1667–8, pp. 218, 594; 1668–9, pp. 287, 520.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1661, 1666, Winchester 1669, Southampton 1687; keeper of Boldrewood walk, New Forest by 1675–?d. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 356, 359; Hants RO, Winchester corp. assembly bk. 6, f. 53; Southampton RO, Southampton bor. recs. SC3/1, f. 243; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 829.

Commr. suppressing pirates and privateers in W.I. 1687. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 1027.

Parlimentarian

HOLMES, Sir Robert (c.1622-92), of Whitehall and Carisbrooke Castle, I.o.W.

Main residences: Whitehall; Carisbrooke Castle, I.o.W.

Notes

Unless otherwise stated this biography is based on R. Ollard, Man of War.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

HOLMES, Sir Robert (c.1622-92)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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