Background
HOLMES, Joseph was born on November 10, 1820. Son of late Reverend Joseph Holmes, Doctor of Divinity, Headmaster of the Leeds Grammar School.
HOLMES, Joseph was born on November 10, 1820. Son of late Reverend Joseph Holmes, Doctor of Divinity, Headmaster of the Leeds Grammar School.
Studied at Leeds Grammar School. Trinity College Cainb. (Scholar and Prizeman).
Master of Arts.
Curate of Chesterfield, 1847-1844S. Commissioner of Land and Income Tax, etc. Vicar of Swinesheau, Lincolnshire, since 1848; Prebendary and Canon of Lincoln.
Spouse 1857, Frances Caroline (d. 1907), 2nddaughter of Rev. C. Moore, Rector of Wyberton, and s. of Col.
Moore, C.B., of Frampton Hall, Lincolnshire, a lineal descendant of Sir Thomas More.