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Henry Holme

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Henry R. Holme memorial in the garden of St. John's Cathedral, Belize City

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.[4] Ordained in 1868,[5] his first posts were curacies[6] in Attercliffe[7] and Lythe.[8] 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.[9] Consecrated on 1 March,[10] he died in a shipwreck four months later.[11] There is a memorial to him[12] at Belize's Anglican cathedral.[13]

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  1. ^ "More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies" Brown, L.B; OLiver V.L p127: : United States, Borgo Press, 1993 ISSN 0270-5338
  2. ^ "Belize Anglican". Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  3. ^ "The Holme Family of Orton". Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Holme, Henry Redmayne (HLM864HR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 23 December 1868; pg. 6; Issue 26315; col F Ordinations. Archdiocese of York
  6. ^ Cerical Appointments and Vacancies The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Thursday, 26 December 1867; Issue 897
  7. ^ Rootsweb
  8. ^ Local Intelligence, The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Monday, 15 June 1874; pg. 3; Issue 5615
  9. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 11 March 1891; pg. 11; Issue 33269; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  10. ^ Consecration details
  11. ^ Cheshire Observer (Chester, England), Saturday, 1 August 1891; pg. 2; Issue 2034
  12. ^ "More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies” Oliver, VL: F. G. Longman: Dorchester, 1927 reprinted Wildside Press Rockville, MD, 1993 ISBN 0-89370-322-2
  13. ^ Memorial
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of British Honduras
March 1891 – July 1891
Succeeded by