HOLME, HENRY JAMES, eldest son of Rev. Henry Torre, Rector of Ryse, Yorks., and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Cox DD, Oxford; b. 11 Sep 1793; adm.; KS 1808; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1812, adm. pens. 9 May 1812, scholar 1813, matr. 1813; BA 1816; ordained deacon 3 Aug 1817, priest 21 Jun 1818 (both York); assumed name and arms of Holme in lieu of Torre 31 Jan 1834, on succeeding to the estates of his uncle Rev. Nicholas Holme (formerly Torre); of Paull Holme, Hedon, Yorks.; m. 20 Nov 1817 Margaret, only dau. of George Mangles (qv); d. 28 Dec 1850.
Holme, Leonard Ralph, second son of the Rev. Robert Holme, Vicar of Crewkerne, Somerset, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Ralph Lyon, D.D., Head Master of Sherborne School and Vicar of Bishop's Caundle, Dorset; b. April 1, 1872; adm. from Crewkerne Grammar School Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left April 1887; readm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1887; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1891; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Oct. 21, 1891; scholar (History); Hulsean Prize 1895; B.A. 1894; M.A. (absens) 1899; went to Canada, where he was on the educational staff of Bishops' University, Lennoxville, and subsequently of McGill University, Montreal; city editor of the Montreal Gazette 1903; joined the staff of the New York Times 1906, assistant London correspondent from 1917; author of The Extinction of the Christian Churches in North Africa (1898); m. Aug. 21, 1907, Catherine Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rayson; d. June 17, 1926.
HOLMES, CHARLES EDWARD MOLLOY, son of Rev. Edward Molloy Holmes, Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., and Emily Georgiana --- (IGI); b. 7 Jul 1858; adm. 30 May 1872 (G); left Christmas 1872; at Cheltenham Coll. Jan 1873 – Easter 1876; architect (1881 Census); subsequently a rancher in North America; d. Apr 1893.
Holmes, Charles Herbert, son of Charles Holmes, of Hampstead, by Florence, daughter of John Bassali, of Smisby Hall, Lincs; b. April 27, 1880; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (H); left July 1896; for many years in business in Ottawa; m. Doris Balloch; d. Sept. 15, 1950.
HOLMES, CHARLES WILLIAM SCOTT DALKEITH, only son of Capt. John Holmes, New Park, Rathgoggan, co. Cork, and Margaret --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 11 Nov 1797 (IGI); adm. 20 Apr 1808; left 1811; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 21 Apr 1814; Lieut., 7 Sep 1815; half-pay 13 Apr 1817; went to live in France; father of the French musical composer Augusta Holmes; m. at British Embassy, Paris 22 Mar 1832 (IGI) Augusta Tryphena Ann Constance, dau. of Alexander Shearer; d. 19 Dec 1869.
Holmes, Edward Tilt, brother of Stephen Lewis Holmes (q.v.); b. Feb. 4, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (G); left Aug. 1922; Univ. Coll. Reading; Diploma in Agriculture 1926; Superintendent of Agriculture, Nigerian Civil Service, 1926; Senior Agricultural Officer, Sierra Leone, 1940, and Nigeria 1944-53; m. 1st Nov. 17, 1934, Nancy Elizabeth Sheila Argyle, daughter of Arthur George Johnson, L.R.C.P. and S. (Ed.) of Hull; 2nd Nov. 5, 1946, Catherine Edith Mary, widow of Lieut.-Cdr. Michael Skinner, R. N., and elder daughter of D. MacDonald, of Shanghai; d. 20 Apr. 1980.
Holmes, John Noel Wendell, brother of Charles Herbert Holmes (q.v.); b. Dec. 20, 1883; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (H); left July 1900; emigrated to the U.S.A.
Holmes, Martin (Jasper) Rivington, son of Sir Charles John Holmes, Director of the National Gallery, by Florence Mary Hill, daughter of Charles Robert Rivington, D. L., of Appleby, Westmorland; b. May 12, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); non-resident K.S. Sept. 25, 1919; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1924, matric. Michaelmas 1924; abandoned the use of the Christian name of Jasper; his mother was a violinist and composer under the name of Mme. Hill Rivington; asst. London Museum 1935; asst. keeper since 1946; 2nd Lieut. Pioneer Corps Feb. 2, 1942; transferred to E. R.E. List; Staff Lieut. War Office; Major; d. 4 Jan. 1997.