Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet
Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet (1703 – 10 October 1772) was a British Member of Parliament for Steyning,[1] 1747–1761, and Tregony,[2] 1761–1768, both rotten boroughs. He was a Principal Managing Owner for groups which built ships and hired them to the East India Company.[3]
He was the father of Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Hannah, sixth daughter of Sir Thomas Frederick. Their daughter Hannah married the wit James Hare.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
- ↑ Anthony Farrington, Catalogue of East India Company Ships' Journals and Logs 1600-1834, British Library, 1999
- ↑ "Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Bt.". The Peerage. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hume, Abraham (1749-1838)". Dictionary of National Biography. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Charles Eversfield Hitch Younge |
Member of Parliament for Steyning 1747 – 1761 With: Hitch Younge to 1759 Frazer Honywood from 1759 |
Succeeded by John Thomlinson Frazer Honywood |
Preceded by John Fuller William Trevanion |
Member of Parliament for Tregony 1761 – 1768 With: William Trevanion to 1767 Thomas Pownall from 1767 |
Succeeded by John Grey Thomas Pownall |
Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
New creation | Baronet (of Wormleybury, Herts) 1769–1772 |
Succeeded by Abraham Hume |
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