Ernest Holmes (priest)

Ernest Edward Holmes CVO (18 November 1854 ^[1] – 22 February 1931^[2]) was an eminent Anglican priest and author.^[3] of the 20th century.

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Holmes was ordained in 1876. He began his career with a curacy in Rugeley after which he was Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Cape Town and then the Lord Bishop of Oxford.^[4] Following this he was Vicar of Sonning from July 1901^[5] and then Chaplain to Queen Alexandra. He was Archdeacon of London from 1911 to 1930.