https://bookowners.online/index.php?title=William_Holmes_1689-1748&feed=atom&action=historyWilliam Holmes 1689-1748 - Revision history2024-03-29T07:26:38ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0https://bookowners.online/index.php?title=William_Holmes_1689-1748&diff=21177&oldid=prevDavid: David moved page William Holmes to William Holmes 1689-1748 without leaving a redirect2021-11-22T11:51:53Z<p>David moved page <a href="/index.php?title=William_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Holmes (page does not exist)">William Holmes</a> to <a href="/William_Holmes_1689-1748" title="William Holmes 1689-1748">William Holmes 1689-1748</a> without leaving a redirect</p>
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</table>Davidhttps://bookowners.online/index.php?title=William_Holmes_1689-1748&diff=18384&oldid=prevDavid: Created page with "__NOTITLE__ ===name::William name::HOLMES date of birth::1689-date of death::1748=== ====Biographical Note==== Born in [=[place of birth::London]], son of f..."2021-01-07T07:58:27Z<p>Created page with "__NOTITLE__ ===<a href="/index.php?title=Name::William&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Name::William (page does not exist)">name::William</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Name::HOLMES&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Name::HOLMES (page does not exist)">name::HOLMES</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Date_of_birth::1689&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Date of birth::1689 (page does not exist)">date of birth::1689</a>-<a href="/index.php?title=Date_of_death::1748&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Date of death::1748 (page does not exist)">date of death::1748</a>=== ====Biographical Note==== Born in [=[place of birth::London]], son of f..."</p>
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Born in [=[place of birth::London]], son of [[family::Thomas Holmes]]. [[occupation::fellow of St John's College, Oxford|Fellow of St John's College, Oxford]] 1710, BA 1711, MA 1715, [[occupation::proctor]] 1721, BD 1722, DD 1725, [[occupation::President]] 1728. He also held various parochial livings in the College's patronage, and was [[occupation::regius professor of history]] 1736-42. . [[occupation::Vice-Chancellor]] of [[organisations::University of Oxford|Oxford]] 1732-35; [[occupation::chaplain]] to George II, 1734; [[occupation::Dean]] of [[organisations::Exeter Cathedral|Exeter]] 1742. He "seems to have supported sound learning" (''ODNB'') and invited Handel to perform in the [[location::Sheldonian Theatre]].<br />
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Holmes used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 15162). The extent of his library is not known; in his will, he left to his wife all the books which had belonged to her before their marriage; otherwise, most of his property was left to trustees, to be disposed of with the income distributed to his family, and charitable causes. He also left £100 to the University to buy books for the [[organisations::Bodleian Library]]. Examples: St John's College, Oxford HB4/3.c.6.16.<br />
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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D536913 Will of William Holmes, The National Archives PROB 11/765/13].<br />
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.<br />
*Hunt, William, and John D. Haigh. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/13604 "Holmes, William (1689–1748), college head."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.<br />
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