Background
HOLMES, George Charles Vincent was born on October 9, 1848. 3rd son of Robert Holmes, of Moycashel, Company Westmeath.
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George Charles Vincent HOLMES
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Education
Studied at Downing College, Cambridge.
Career
Obtained an Entrance Scholarship, 1870, and Whitworth Engineering Scholarship, 1871. Educated as an engineer at the Crewe Locomotive Works of the L. & North. West. Railway. Resident Engineer to the building of great iron Rotunda of the Vienna International Exhibition of 1873.
Member of the International Jury of this Exhibition, section of Prime Mover.
Secretary of the Institution of Naval Architects, 1878 -1901. Chairman of Board of Public Works, Ireland. Cartulary-register 1906.
Membership
Clubs: Saint James’s Arts. Kildare Street, Dublin.
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Connections
Spouse 1880, Louisa,daughter of late Charles Greenstreet Addison, Barrister- at-Law, London.
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British