Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Navy officer
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1622
Place of Birth: Mallow, Munster, Ireland
Date of Death: 18-Nov-1692
Profession: politician, military officer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer)
- Sir Robert Holmes (ca.
- 1622 – 18 November 1692) was an English Admiral of the Restoration Navy.
- He took part 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.
- Holmes is chiefly remembered for his exploits on the cruise to Guinea (1664) for the Royal African Company, and for the so-called Holmes's Bonfire of 1666.
- He is regarded as an archetypal figure both of the quarrelsome restoration officer and of the coming into being of the British professional naval officer.
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| Date of birth/death | 14 September 1618 | 30 November 1680 | |
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| Work location | Haarlem (), London (1641-1680), Amsterdam (1656) | ||
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