Edward Holmes | |
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Born | 1832 |
Died | 1909 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | St Mary's Church, Selly Oak |
Edward Holmes (1832–1909) was a British architect from Birmingham, England.
He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in St Mary's Church, Moseley.
He married Mary Ann Briggs on 7 October 1856 at St Mary's Church, Moseley. Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Briggs. There were three children: Elizabeth Henriette Holmes (1857 - 1944), Edward Briggs Holmes (1858 - 1920) and Gertrude Fanny Holmes (1861-1938).
There is a brass plaque in St Mary's Church, Selly Oak to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at St Mary's Church, Moseley.
Holmes married Mary Lavinia Hemming on 27 May 1863 in Alvechurch. They had a further 11 children.
He contracted pneumonia just before Christmas 1909 and died at Wyndcliffe, School Road, Moseley on 30 December 1909[1] and his funeral was held in Moseley parish church on 3 January 1910. Mary Lavinia died in 1921.