About Peter Holmes
Lived 1675 – 1732 (aged 56–57). Peter Holmes was a politician.
Peter Holmes (1675–1732) of Peterfield was an Irish High Sheriff and MP in the Irish House of Commons.
He was the son of George Holmes of New Hall, Co Kildare, Clerk of the Faculties jointly with his father.
Peter was High Sheriff of King's County for 1707 and elected Member of Parliament for Banagher in 1713. He was MP for Athlone from 1727 to 1731.
He married twice; firstly Lucy, the daughter of William Sprigg of Cloonivoe, King's County, with whom he had a son Robert, and secondly, Anne, widow of both Richard Malone and William L'Estrange.
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Who was Peter Holmes?
Irish politician, died 1732
When was Peter Holmes born?
Peter Holmes was born in 1675.
When did Peter Holmes die?
Peter Holmes died in 1732.
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Peter Holmes was a politician.
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