George Holmes (archivist)

Born in 1662 at Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, Holmes became, in about 1695, clerk to Sir William Petyt, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London.

From October 1707 until his death he was employed, on the nomination of Lord Halifax, chairman of committees in the House of Commons, to arrange the records deposited in the Tower, at a salary of £200.

[1] The additions made by Holmes are considered to be of a higher quality than those by Robert Sanderson, Rymer's earlier editor.

[1] A project of Peter Le Neve from the early 1720s to catalogue old British coins involved Holmes with James Hill.

His wife, who survived him, received £200 from the government and £200 for her husband's manuscripts relating to the public records, which were deposited among the official documents at the Tower of London.