Richard Rivington Holmes
Sir Richard Rivington Holmes, KCVO (16 November 1835 – 22 March 1911) was a British archivist and courtier.[1]
Biography
Holmes was Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle for Queen Victoria, and was reappointed as such by King Edward VII in 1901.[2]
He was a lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Berkshire Regiment. He died in London on 22 March 1911, and was buried at Upton, Buckinghamshire.[3]
Family
He married, in 1880, Evelyn Gee, daughter of Rev. Richard Gee, Vicar of New Windsor and Canon of St. George′s Chapel, Windsor Castle.[3]
Ethiopian collection
Holmes's collection of Ethiopian artefacts that was amassed after the British Expedition to Abyssinia is in the British Museum.[4]
See also
Notes
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27336. p. 4838. 23 July 1901.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Woods 1912.
- ↑ British Museum Collection [1]
- Attribution
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