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Holmes was educated at the [[City of London School]] and 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]] 1910-19.
 
Holmes served as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Derbyshire North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire North East Derbyshire]] from 1918-1922 and for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] from 1935-1954, as a National Liberal and 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]].
 
He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Dovercourt on [[18 January]] [[1954]].
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Derbyshire North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire North East Derbyshire]]
| years = [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918]]–[[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922]]
| before = [[George Robert Harland Bowden]]
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