William Holmes (1779-1851)

William ("Billy") Holmes (2 April 1779 – 26 January 1851) was a British Tory politician of the early nineteenth century, and an MP for 28 years.

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

Holmes serving as party manager, and Chief Whip in the House of Commons from about 1802 until his seat (for the rotten borough of Haslemere) was abolished by the Great Reform Act of 1832. He had also previously represented several other constituencies; after the Reform Act he was out of the Commons for five years, but returned in 1837 as MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Holmes was also Treasurer of the Ordnance from 1818-31.

His wife was Helen Tew, Dowager Lady Stronge (1769-1852), widow of Sir James Stronge, 1st Baronet of Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, Ireland (1750-1804).

Holmes is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Williams John Teed	Member of Parliament for Grampound with Hon. George Cochrane 1808-1812 Hon. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone 1812 1808–1812	Succeeded by Hon. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone John Teed
Preceded by William Gore-Langton James O'Callaghan	Member of Parliament for Tregony with Alexander Cray Grant 1812–1818	Succeeded by Viscount Barnard James O'Callaghan
Preceded by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay Ayshford Wise	Member of Parliament for Totnes with Thomas Peregrine Courtenay 1818–1820	Succeeded by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay John Bent
Preceded by Douglas James William Kinnaird William Clive	Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle with Edward Rogers 1820–1830	Succeeded by Frederick Hamilton Cornewall Edward Rogers
Preceded by Sir John Beckett George Lowther Thompson	Member of Parliament for Haslemere with Sir John Beckett 1830–1832	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin James Bradshaw	Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed with Richard Hodgson 1837–1841	Succeeded by Richard Hodgson Matthew Forster
Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Alcock	Treasurer of the Ordnance 1818–1831	Succeeded by Thomas Creevey