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==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
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}}</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 [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923 general election]],<ref>Craig, op. cit., page 622</ref> and in [[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|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 [[United Kingdom general election, 1935|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 |startpage=447 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
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