Second Generation

2. Henry2 Holmes (Robert1) birth date unknown.

Of Mallow, County Cork. There is noted a fourth son, name unknown. N.B. There was a certain Major Holmes who was with the Duke of Monmouth at the Battle of Sedgmoor and taken prisoner and hanged. In Pepys diary mention is made of Gabriel Holmes.

Henry Holmes had the following children:

Photo

Captain Sir Frescheville Holles, 1641- 72, and Admiral Sir Robert Holmes, 1622 - 92

Sir Peter Lely, 1618 - 80

In March 1672, Holles and Holmes launched the Third Dutch War by attacking the homeward-bound Dutch Smyrna convoy. Here their 'Turkish' costume and the sea-fight in the background suggest that the picture commemorates this event. If so, Holles probably never saw it finished, since he died at the Battle of Solebay in May 1672. The pose also conceals the loss of his left arm in 1666.

Purchased with the Caird Fund in 1950, from the estate of Lady Clayton

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich


child + 5 i. Sir Robert3 Holmes was born 1622.

child + 6 ii. Colonel Thomas Holmes was born circa 1638.

child + 7 iii. Sir John Holmes was born 1640.

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