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Holmes, Sir Stephen Lewis, son of Basil Holmes, of Ealing, by Isabella Matilda, daughter of John Hall Gladstone, F.R.S., of Bayswater; b. July 5, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; Capt. of the School 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915, matric. Lent 1919; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1930; Asst. Principal in the Colonial Office Feb. 1921; Principal, Dominions Office 1928; Imperial Defence College 1934; Senior Secretary, Office of United Kingdom High Commissioner in Canada, 1936-9; Asst. Secretary, Dominions Office 1939; Dominions Office Representative, Washington, 1943-4; Deputy High Commissioner, Canada 1944-6; Under Secretary, Board of Trade 1946, and Second Secretary 1947-51; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Commonwealth Relations Office, 1951; High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Australia 1952-6; C.M.G. Jan 1, 1942; K.C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1950; 2nd Lieut. R. G. A. July 1915; served in France and Belgium 1916-9; acting Capt. March 11, 1918; acting Major when demob.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Nov. 8, 1918, and March 16, 1919; M.C. Sept. 16, 1918; m. Jan. 21, 1922, Noreen Charlotte, only daughter of Ernest Frederick Crosbie Trench, C.B.E., of Savernake Forest, Wilts.; d. 1980.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963