William Holmes

(1779-1851)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Holmes William (1779-1851) MP DNB: Holmes, William (1779-1851), politician LBT ID: WiHolme1851	B/BAP: 1779 DIED: 1851-01-26
SOURCES: DNB
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was Tory MP for Grampound (1808-12), Tregony (1812-18), Totnes (1818-20), Bishop's Castle (1820-30), Haslemere (1830-32), and Berwick-on-Tweed (1837-41).
REFERENCES TO William Holmes: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 September 1830 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 5 March 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 11: Bulwer-Lytton Found 1: ¶ 14 Ch. 16: British Association Found 1: ¶ 8 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 43 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. IX: 1830-31