Family and Education
b. 22 Jan. 1777, yr. s. of James Hume, shipmaster, of Montrose, Forfar by w. Mary Allan.According to Willis’s Current Notes (1855), 48. educ. Montrose acad.; Edinburgh Univ. 1793-5;The Times, 26 Feb. 1855. Aberdeen Univ., MD 1799. m. 17 Aug. 1815, Maria, da. and h. of Hardon Burnley, merchant, of Brunswick Square, Mdx., 3s. 4da.Gent. Mag. (1815), ii. 178; PCC 1855, f. 326.
Offices Held
Member, RCS Edinburgh 1796.
Asst. surgeon, E.I. Co. naval service 1797, full asst. surgeon 1799; on Bengal medical establishment 1799–1808.
Rector, Aberdeen Univ. 1824 – 26, 1828–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: 38 York Place, Portman Square, Mdx.; Burnley Hall, Norf.
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Commons 1790-1820
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HUME, Joseph (1777-1855)
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