About Maurice Holmes
Lived 1911 – 1997 (aged 86). Maurice Holmes was a barrister.
Sir Maurice Andrew Holmes (28 July 1911 – 21 December 1997) was a barrister and Chairman of the London Transport Board from 1965 to 1969.
Holmes attended Felsted School, Essex. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Army Service Corps from 1941 to 1945, achieving the rank of Major. After the war, he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1948 where he practised until 1955.
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Who was Maurice Holmes?
Transport Administrator
When was Maurice Holmes born?
Maurice Holmes was born on 28 July 1911.
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Maurice Holmes died on 21 December 1997.
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Maurice Holmes was a barrister.
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