Ernest Holmes (priest)

Ernest Edward Holmes CVO (18 November 1854 [1] – 22 February 1931[2]) was an eminent Anglican priest and author.

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.