Edward Holmes (architect)

Edward Holmes (1832–1909) was a British architect from Birmingham, England.

He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in St Mary's Church, Moseley.

There is a brass plaque in St Mary's Church, Selly Oak to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at St Mary's Church, Moseley.

For this and for the Aston and Handsworth Boards he designed a number of school buildings.

[1] He contracted pneumonia just before Christmas 1909 and died at Wyndcliffe, School Road, Moseley on 30 December 1909[2] and his funeral was held in Moseley parish church on 3 January 1910.