Robert Holmes was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1653. Holmes was a Justice of the Peace of Netherton, Gloucestershire in 1649. In 1653, he was elected Member of Parliament for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

in the

Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the inst ...

. Holmes and married Elizabeth Kyrle, daughter of Francis Kyrle.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Robert Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1653 (Barebones) Politicians from Gloucestershire English justices of the peace