Henry R. Holme memorial in the garden of St. John's Cathedral, Belize City
Henry Redmayne Holme (8 November 1839 in Kirk Leatham – 6 July 1891 at Basseterre )[ 1] was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th century.[ 2]
Of a Yorkshire family,[ 3] Henry Redmayne Holme was son of the Rev. James Holme. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge , graduating B.A. in 1868.[ 4] Ordained in 1868,[ 5] his first posts were curacies [ 6] in Attercliffe [ 7] and Lythe .[ 8] From 1875 to 1881, he was Vicar of St Anthony's Montserrat , and from 1882 to 1891 Vicar of St George's, Basseterre , and Chaplain to the Bishop of Antigua ; he was also Archdeacon of St Kitts from 1885 to 1891. In 1891, he was appointed Bishop of British Honduras .[ 9] Consecrated on 1 March,[ 10] he died in a shipwreck four months later.[ 11] There is a memorial to him[ 12] at Belize's Anglican cathedral .[ 13]
References
^ "More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies" Brown, L.B; OLiver V.L p127: : United States, Borgo Press , 1993 ISSN 0270-5338
^ "Belize Anglican" . Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010 .
^ "The Holme Family of Orton" . Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010 .
^ "Holme, Henry Redmayne (HLM864HR)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ The Times , Wednesday, 23 December 1868; pg. 6; Issue 26315; col F Ordinations. Archdiocese of York
^ Cerical Appointments and Vacancies The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Thursday, 26 December 1867; Issue 897
^ Rootsweb
^ Local Intelligence , The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Monday, 15 June 1874; pg. 3; Issue 5615
^ The Times , Wednesday, 11 March 1891; pg. 11; Issue 33269; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence
^ Consecration details
^ Cheshire Observer (Chester, England), Saturday, 1 August 1891; pg. 2; Issue 2034
^ "More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies” Oliver, VL: F. G. Longman: Dorchester , 1927 reprinted Wildside Press Rockville, MD , 1993 ISBN 0-89370-322-2
^ Memorial