Henry Holme Explained

Henry Redmayne Holme (8 November 1839 in Kirk Leatham – 6 July 1891 at Basseterre)[1] was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th century.[2]

Of a Yorkshire family,[3] Henry Redmayne Holme was son of the Rev. James Holme. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1868. Ordained in 1868,[4] his first posts were curacies[5] in Attercliffe[6] and Lythe.[7] From 1875 to 1881, he was Vicar of St Anthony's Montserrat, and from 1882 to 1891 Vicar of St George's, Basseterre, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Antigua; he was also Archdeacon of St Kitts from 1885 to 1891. In 1891, he was appointed Bishop of British Honduras.[8] Consecrated on 1 March,[9] he died in a shipwreck four months later.[10] There is a memorial to him[11] at Belize's Anglican cathedral.[12]

Notes and References

  1. "More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies" Brown, L.B; OLiver V.L p127: : United States, Borgo Press, 1993
  2. Web site: Belize Anglican . 27 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101105164133/http://www.belizeanglican.org/1/Welcome/AboutourDiocese/tabid/53/Default.aspx . 5 November 2010 . dead .
  3. Web site: The Holme Family of Orton . 27 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100416100054/http://dunkerley-brown.co.uk/holme_17c.aspx . 16 April 2010 . dead .
  4. [The Times]
  5. Cerical Appointments and Vacancies The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Thursday, 26 December 1867; Issue 897
  6. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mossvalley/mv2/wo/odom02a.html Rootsweb
  7. Local Intelligence, The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Monday, 15 June 1874; pg. 3; Issue 5615
  8. [The Times]
  9. http://belize-supermama.blogspot.com/2008/08/st-johns-anglican-cathedral-of-belize.html Consecration details
  10. Cheshire Observer (Chester, England), Saturday, 1 August 1891; pg. 2; Issue 2034
  11. "More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies” Oliver, VL: F. G. Longman: Dorchester, 1927 reprinted Wildside Press Rockville, MD, 1993
  12. http://www.ict-bz.com/bits/photos/group/78162188@N00/photo/4252299371/Belize_St_Johns_Cathedral_Memorial_to_Right_Reverend_Henry_Redmayne_Holme.html Memorial

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