John Holms

John Holms

John Holms (1830-31 March 1891), was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.

Holms was a partner in W. Holms Bros, spinners, of Glasgow. He entered Parliament for Hackney in 1860, and served in the second Liberal administration of William Gladstone as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1880 to 1882 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1882 to 1885. He retired from the House of Commons before the 1885 general election.

Holms died in March 1891.

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.portcullis.parliament.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code='357'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl Brief biography at portcullis.parliament.uk]


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