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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2696/HF
Title	Holmes Family papers
Date	1792-c1905
Description	Family correspondence, newscuttings, ephemera, other
Extent	7 bundles, 1 item, 1 object
Level	SubFonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Holmes family of Derby
Archive Creator	Sanderson & Holmes of Derby (1923-c1970), coach builders/motor car body builders
Administrative History	See family tree below. In 1803, Charles Holmes (1785-1835), second son of Charles Holmes of Lichfield (1753-1812), coach builder, moved to Derby and established a new coach works there. He was succeeded by three of his five surviving sons, Herbert Mountford (1815-1893), Alfred William (1817-1895) and Arthur East (1821-1888). It is these three that the majority of the family papers relate.
Organisation Sub-Type	Family and estate
Related Material	See D1955 for records of the Liversage Charity, of which Herbert Holmes was a trustee.
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