William Holms (politician) explained

Birth Date:5 February 1827
Birth Place:Paisley, Scotland
Office:Member of the House of Commons
Termstart:1874
Termend:1884
Constituency:Paisley
Predecessor:Humphrey Crum-Ewing
Successor:Stewart Clark

William Holms (5 February 1827 – 8 October 1903)[1] [2] was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1884.

Holms was the son of James Holms of Sancel Bank, Paisley and his wife Janet Love, daughter of James Love of Paisley. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School and Glasgow University and was partner in a textile company with factories in Glasgow and London. He was a J.P. for Lanarkshire and Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Lanarkshire Artillery.[3]

At the 1874 general election Holms was elected Member of Parliament for Paisley. He held the seat until 1884 when he resigned.

Holms married Mary Lindsay McArthur Buchanan daughter of John Buchanan of Glasgow in 1857.[4] His brother John Holms was MP for Hackney.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rushdatabase. 2021-02-19. membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. Book: Malchow, Howard L.. Gentlemen Capitalists: The Social and Political World of the Victorian Businessman. 1992. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-1807-3. 387. en.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/116/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  4. http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen014.htm Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow men – John Buchanan