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{{Short description|British politician}}
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'''(Joseph) Stanley Holmes''', '''1st Baron Dovercourt''' (31 October 1878 – 22 April 1961) was a [[National Liberal Party (UK)|National Liberal Party]] politician in the United Kingdom. ▼
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|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name = The Lord Dovercourt
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Stanley Holmes.jpg
|office = [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)#Leaders|Chairman of the National Liberal Party]]
|term_start = 1946
|term_end = 1947
|predecessor = [[James Henderson-Stewart]]
|successor = [[John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel|John Maclay]]
|constituency_MP1 = [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]]
|term_start1 = 14 November 1935
|term_end1 = 18 January 1954
|predecessor1 = [[John Pybus]]
|successor1 = [[Julian Ridsdale]]
|constituency_MP2 = [[North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Derbyshire]]
|term_start2 = 14 December 1918
|term_end2 = 26 October 1922
|predecessor2 = [[George Robert Harland Bowden]]
|successor2 = [[Frank Lee (British politician)|Frank Lee]]
|birth_date = 31 October 1878
|birth_place = [[Marylebone]], [[Middlesex]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1961|04|22|1878|10|31|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Marylebone]], [[London]]
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|birthname = Joseph Stanley Holmes
|nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
|party = [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]
|otherparty = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|spouse = Eva Gertrude
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|alma_mater = [[City of London School]]
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==Background and education==
Holmes was born in [[Marylebone]], [[Middlesex]], the son of Horace G. Holmes, [[Justice of the peace|JP]]. He was educated at the [[City of London School]].<ref name="thepeerage.com">[http://thepeerage.com/p23345.htm#i233442 thepeerage.com Joseph Stanley Holmes, 1st and last Baron Dovercourt]</ref>
==Career==
Holmes was a chartered accountant and company director. He served as vice-president of the [[Building Society|Building Societies]] Association and was a member of the [[London County Council]] 1910 to 1919. He was elected Liberal [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Derbyshire]] at the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]], but narrowly lost the seat at the [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]].<ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|author-link= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949
|orig-year=1969
|edition=3rd
|year=1983
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-06-X
|page=324
}}</ref> The initially declared majority was only 5 votes, and an electoral petition was lodged. The petition was dismissed when a recount found a higher majority of 15.<ref name="craig1918-1949" />
Holmes then stood unsuccessfully in [[Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunbartonshire]] at the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]],<ref>Craig, op. cit., page 622</ref> and in [[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham]] at the [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924 election]].<ref>Craig, op. cit., page 115</ref> He finally returned to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] after a thirteen-year absence at the [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935 general election]], when he was elected for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] as a [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal National]].<ref>Craig, op. cit., page 352</ref> He held the seat until 1954, sitting later as a 'National Liberal and Conservative'. He introduced as [[Private Member's Bill]]s the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1938 and the Coast Protection Act 1939. On 18 January 1954 he was elevated to the peerage as '''Baron Dovercourt''', of Harwich in the County of Essex.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40078 |date=19 January 1954 |page=447 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Lord Dovercourt married Eva Gertrude, daughter of William Thomas Rowley, in 1905. He died in Marylebone, [[London]], in April 1961, aged 82. The barony became extinct on his death.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-stanley-holmes | Stanley Holmes }}
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