Admiral Sir Robert Holmes was an English Royal Navy officer. He participated in the second and third Anglo-Dutch Wars, both of which he is, by some, credited with having started. He was made Governor of the Isle of Wight, where he is buried in Yarmouth Parish Church.
- Occupation
- military officer, politician, slave trader
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1679 Parliament, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1622
- Died
