Sir Henry Worsley Holmes
89. Henry21 Worsley 8th Baronet Worsley (Robert20, Reverend John19, George18, Thomas17, Richard16, Thomas15, John14, Sir James13, Hugh12 Workesley, Ralph11 de Workesley, Sir Geoffrey10, Jordan9, Richard8, Henry7, Richard6, Geoffrey5, Richard4, Roger3, Richard2, Sir Elias1) was born 13/12/1755. Henry died 7/04/1811 at 56 years of age. His body was interred 25/04/1811.
He married Elizabeth Troughear Holmes in Calbourne, Isle of Wight, 02/01/1785. Elizabeth was born 31/01/1759. Elizabeth was the daughter of Reverend Leonard Troughear and Elizabeth Tyrrell. Elizabeth died 20/01/1832 in Newport, Isle of Wight, at 72 years of age.
He was baptized 14/12/1755. Henry's will was probated 11/05/1811. Reverend Sir Henry Worsley Holmes 8th Baronet Worsley. Acceeded from Sir Richard Worsley of Appuldercombe, his kinsman in 1805. Took the name Holmes in 1804.
Inscription found in Arreton Church, Arreton, Isle of Wight:
Sacred to the memory of the Reverend Sir Henry Worsley Holmes, Bart., third son of Robert Worsley Esq. late of Pidford in this island. Exemplary in the duties and active in the charities of life the rank and fortune he enjoyed enabled him to indulge the natural benevolence of his heart and to become the liberal dispenser of good to others. As a divine and magistrate he lived in the respect and esteem of society and as a friend, father and christian he closed a useful and well spent life in the bosom of his afflicted family on the 14th day of April 1811 in the 56th year of his age. Thou has been faithful unto death and I will give thee the crown of life.
Henry Worsley 8th Baronet Worsley and Elizabeth Troughear Holmes had the following children:
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i.
Elizabeth22 Holmes was born 10/03/1786. Elizabeth died 1788 at 2 years of
age. Her body was interred 14/12/1788.
Leonard Worsley Holmes
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ii.
Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes 9th Baronet was born 16/07/1787.
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iii.
Margaret Worsley Holmes was born 30/11/1789. Margaret died 15/05/1850 in Venners, Arreton, Isle of Wight,
at 60 years of age. Her body was interred 21/05/1850 in Arreton, Isle of Wight.
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iv.
Richard Fleming Worsley Holmes was born 25/03/1792. Richard died 26/07/1814 in River Hamble, at 22 years of
age. Died without issue. MP for Newport, Isle of Wight.
Inscription found in Arreton Church, Arreton, Isle of Wight:
To the Memory fo Richard Fleming Worsley Holmes Esq., second son of the Reverend Henry Worsley Holmes Bart. and the Honourable Lady Worsley Holmes. One of the representatives in Parliament for the borough of Newport in this island. Who was unfortunately drowned in the river Hamble on the 26th day of July 1814 aged 22 years. Called to the bosom of his creator when he had just entered upon the career of a promising and useful life. This fate affords him an impressive example of the uncertainty of all worldly hopes. Benevelent generous and sincere the accomplishments that adorned and the virtues that exalted his character endeared him alike to the affections of his friends and the hearts of his family. The tears that a weeping multitude shed over his grave were a well-merited and expressive tribute to the worth of his excellence and character.
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Robert Holmes was born 22/06/1793. Robert died 1796 at 3 years of age. His body was interred 26/07/1796.
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