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, 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, 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, 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.
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, 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, 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 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.
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.
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.