Sir John Holmes ^156,261,295

  General Notes:

Governor of Usk Castle. MP for Newtown, Isle of Wight 1677 - 1683.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Promotion: 1663, Lieutenant.

2. Promotion: 1664, Captain.

3. Knighthood: 1672.

4. Promotion: 1673, Rear Admiral Of The Blue.

5. Promotion: 14 April 1677, Rear Admiral Of The Fleet.

6. Promotion: 1678, Rear Admiral Of A Detached For.

John married Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir William Lowther and Unknown, on 6 April 1668 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. (Margaret Lowther was born in 1648 and died in 1692.)