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Exhibit 31.1

THE HOLMES GROUP, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Peter J. Martin, certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 2003 of The Holmes Group, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact, necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;                     
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|4. |  | The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures, as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(e), for the Registrant and we
have:                                                                              



| | a. |  | Designed such disclosure controls
and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the Registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report it being prepared;
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| | b. |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants
disclosure controls and procedures, and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
on such evaluation; and                                                                                          
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| | c. |  | Disclosed in this report any
change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the Registrants most recent fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants
internal control over financial reporting.                                                                    



|5. |  | The Registrants other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the Registrants auditors and the Audit Committee
of Registrants Board of Directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
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| | a. |  | All significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal controls over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
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| | b. |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Registrants internal controls over financial reporting.                                                                                               

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|/s/ PETER J. MARTIN                  
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|Peter J. Martin                      
|President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 11, 2003

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