Holmes, Martin Rivington, son of Sir Charles John Holmes KCVO RWS FSA, Director of the National Gallery, and Florence Mary Hill Rivington, violinist and composer, d. of Charles Robertson Rivington FSA DLJP, solicitor, of Appleby, Westmorland; has abandoned second Christian name Jasper; b. 12 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1918 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1919; left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, hon. Mods 1926, aegrotat 1928, MA 1978; sec. to the Keeper, London Museum, 1932; FSA 1935; Princess Louise's Lond. Regt 1939-42 (Sergeant), Pioneer Corps 1942 (2nd Lieut.); War Office staff 1942-5 (Maj.); asst Keeper London Museum 1946, retd 1965; Appleby BC 1965-74, Town Council 1974-, Mayor 1975-6, 1983-5; author of Mediaeval England 1934, Shakespeare's Public 1960, The Guns of Elsinore 1964, Elizabethan London 1969, Shakespeare and his Players 1972; d. 4 Jan. 1997.
Holmes, Robert Edward Ingram, son of J. W. Holmes, of Wallington, Surrey; b. Dec. 7, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (G); left April 1917; 2nd Lieut. 5th (Res.) Batt. Grenadier Guards; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; silver medallist, R. Academy of Dramatic Art; an actor; frequently appeared on the London stage and was a regular member of the Repertory Players; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Sept. 21, 1939; d. of wounds July 10, 1945.
Robert Edward Ingram Holmes was born at Wallington, Surrey on the 7th of December 1898 the second son of James Wallace Holmes, an East India merchant, and Edith Mary Annie (nee Ingram) Holmes of “Cotleigh”, 5, Stanley Park Road, Wallington in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 18th of January 1912 to April 1917. He was appointed as Monitor in January 1917.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Great War and served overseas. He matriculated for Christ Church, Oxford in 1919 and graduated with a BA in 1922. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he won a Silver Medal, and became an actor with frequent appearances on the London stage as well as being a regular member of the Repertory Players. He played Laertes in the modern dress version of Hamlet at the Kingsway Theatre, London in 1925. He appeared in the film drama “The Rosary”, directed by Guy Newall in 1931, in the part of Concannon in the comedy film “Hyde Park Corner”, directed by Sinclair Hill in 1935 and in the part of d’Allery in the comedy film “The Gay Adventure” also directed by Sinclair Hill in 1936.
Following the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Royal Artillery and rose to the rank of Lance Bombardier before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 21st of September 1939. He was dismissed from the army on the 16th of December 1942 following a Court Martial.
He died at “'Houghton”, Petworth Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey
His death is not recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as he was no longer in the army at the time of his death.
Holmes, Robert Rivington, brother of Martin Rivington Holmes (qv); b. 1 July 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left July 1926; Univ. of Lond., MSc 1930; RE 1940-5 (Maj.); lighting engineer Crompton Parkinson Ltd 1945; later practised as an architect, RIBA 1972; m. 24 July 1965 Helen Sizer; d. 20 Dec. 1972.
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.
HOLMES, WALTER; b.; adm.; KS in 1609; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1612, adm. scholar 1613; BA 1616/7; MA 1622; ordained priest (London) 23 Dec 1621; aged 25; schoolmaster, St. Olave’s, Silver Street, London; Vicar of Frindsbury, Kent 1620-6; Vicar of Southchurch, Essex 1626- sequestered 1644; in 1646 he was said to be “distempered by lunacy for twenty years and of late wholly disabled to serve a cure”; m. Mildmay ---. [Perhaps bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 28 Oct 1595, son of John Holmes].
Holmes, Wilbur Thomas, son of Henry Alfred Holmes, Prof. of Romance Languages City Coll. of New York, and Lula Ella, d. of Samuel Thomas of Baltimore, USA; b. 27 Jan. 1917; adm. Sept. 1932 (B); left July 1933; Wesleyan Univ. Conn., USA, BA 1938; Columbia Univ. NY, MA 1939; USNR in WW2 (Lieut.); a schoolmaster in Louisiana; m. Aug. 1940 Lois Husted of Waterbury, Conn., USA; d. 3 Oct. 1985.
Holroyd, Michael, son of Sir Charles Holroyd, of Weybridge, Surrey, Director of the National Gallery, by Fanny Fetherstonhaugh, daughter of the Hon. John Alexander Macpherson, of Melbourne, Australia, sometime Premier of Victoria; b. Sept. 21, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 27, 1906; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1919; Fellow of Brasenose Coll. and Lecturer 1919; Tutor 1920; Arnold Historical Prize Essay 1923; F. S. A. 1924; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Hampshire Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; served on the western front Dec. 1914 - May 1915; wounded May 13, 1915; employed in the War Office Jan. 1916 till the summer of 1919; Capt. April 6, 1916; Capt. R. O., Hampshire Regt.; served with the Hampshire Regt. and at the War Office in Great War II; m. 1932, Winifred Beatrice Colwill; d. Oct. 12, 1953.
HOLT, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (School Lists 1656, last three quarters).
HOLT, EDWARD, son of Rev. William Holt, The Barbican, London; bapt. St. Giles, Criiplegate, London 28 Apr 1611 (IGI); adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1632, matr. 2 Nov 1632, aged 21, Westminster Student to 1636; BA 1636; MA (from Pembroke Coll. ) 19 Feb 1638/9; ordained; Rector of Alfold, Surrey 1635 (still 1674). (will proved PCC 12 Jul 1679, he of Alford, Surrey).