William Holms (politician)

For the Scottish rugby union player and engineer, see William Holms (engineer).

William Holms (5 February 1827 – 8 October 1903)^[1][2] was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1884.

William Holms
Member of the House of Commons
In office 1874–1884
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Humphrey Crum-Ewing
Succeeded by	Stewart Clark
Constituency	Paisley
Personal details
Born	(1827-02-05)5 February 1827 Paisley, Scotland
Died	8 October 1903(1903-10-08) (aged 76)

Holms was the son of James Holms of Sancel Bank, Paisley and his wife Janet Love, daughter of James Love of Paisley. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School and Glasgow University and was partner in a textile company with factories in Glasgow and London. He was a J.P. for Lanarkshire and Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Lanarkshire Artillery.^[3]

At the 1874 general election Holms was elected Member of Parliament for Paisley. He held the seat until 1884 when he resigned.^[4]

Holms married Mary Lindsay McArthur Buchanan daughter of John Buchanan of Glasgow in 1857.^[5] His brother John Holms was MP for Hackney.