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About Robert Holmes
Admiral Sir Robert Holmes was an English Royal Navy officer. He participated in the second and third Anglo-Dutch Wars, both of which he is, by some, credited with having started. He was made Governor of the Isle of Wight, where he is buried in Yarmouth Parish Church.
Everything about Robert Holmes →- Occupation
- military officer, politician, slave trader
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1679 Parliament, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1622
- Died
- November 18, 1692