the seat until his death three years later. (Two of his brothers, General Henry Holmes and Thomas Holmes were also MPs for Isle of Wight constituencies.) He was also a member of the court martial that tried and condemned Admiral Byng in 1757. He was a known patron of brothel keeper Jane Douglas. Genealogy Henry Holmes of Mallow, Cork, Ireland Colonel Thomas Holmes of Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland Henry Holmes (–1738) m. Mary Holmes (daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Holmes) Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes (1699–1764) Lieutenant General Henry Holmes (1703–62) Rear Admiral Charles Holmes (1711–1761) Elizabeth Holmes m. Thomas Troughear Leonard (Troughear) Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes (–1804) m. Elizabeth Tyrrell (d.1810) The Hon. Elizabeth Holmes m. Edward Rushout Descendants Admiral Sir Robert Holmes (–1692), English Admiral Mary Holmes (wife of Henry Holmes) Admiral Sir John Holmes (1640?–1683), English Admiral leader References Sources Further reading Oliver Warner, With Wolfe to Quebec (Toronto: William Collins, 1972) Basil Williams, The Whig Supremacy 1714-1760 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962) External links University of Waterloo library - facsimile and transcript of Holmes' dispatch to London reporting the capture of Quebec 1711 births 1761 deaths Royal Navy admirals British military personnel of the French and Indian War Members of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight)