Hume (surname)
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Hume is a Scottish surname that derives from Hume Castle
, Berwickshire
, and it's adjacent estates. The name can refer to several people and places:
Hume Castle
Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th or early 13th century "Castle of enceinte".The village of Hume is located between Greenlaw and Kelso, two miles north of the village of Stichill, in Berwickshire, Scotland....
, Berwickshire
Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...
, and it's adjacent estates. The name can refer to several people and places:
Scottish Nobility and Gentry
- Earl of HomeEarl of HomeThe title Earl of Home was created in 1605 in the Peerage of Scotland for Alexander Home of that Ilk, who was already the 6th Lord Home.The Earl of Home holds the subsidiary titles of Lord Home , and Lord Dunglass , in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Douglas, of Douglas in the County of Lanark ...
, senior representative of Clan Home. - Lord PolwarthLord PolwarthLord Polwarth, of Polwarth in the County of Berwick, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1690 for Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1696 to 1702...
- Home BaronetsHome BaronetsThere have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Home , five in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only one creation is extant as of 2008....
- Hume BaronetsHume BaronetsThere have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hume, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is dormant while the other is extinct....
- John Home, Lord RentonJohn Home, Lord RentonSir John Home of Renton, Lord Renton was appointed Lord Justice Clerk by King Charles II. He was also a Senator of the College of Justice with the title Lord Renton.-Family:...
, Senator of the College of Justice
Hume
- Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet British rosarian
- Sir Alec Douglas-Home (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), British Prime Minister
- Allan Octavian HumeAllan Octavian HumeAllan Octavian Hume was a civil servant, political reformer and amateur ornithologist in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead the Indian independence movement...
(1829-1912), British administrator in India - Andrew Hamilton Hume (1762-1849), Australian superintendent of convicts and farmer
- Andrew Hume, Australian convict and leader of final failed attempted to rescue Leichhardt'sLudwig LeichhardtFriedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a Prussian explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.-Early life:...
expedition - Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Benita HumeBenita HumeBenita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet...
(1906-1967), British film actress - Brit HumeBrit HumeBrit Hume is an American television journalist and political commentator.For twenty years he was a correspondent for the American Broadcasting Company, including Chief White House Correspondent. He then spent ten years as the Washington, D.C. managing editor of the Fox News Channel and the anchor...
, journalist best known for his work on Fox News - David HumeDavid Hume (disambiguation)David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian.David Hume may also refer to:* David Hume , South African explorer and big-game hunter...
, several people of this name - Fergus HumeFergus HumeFergusson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume was an English novelist.-Early life:Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr. James Hume. At the age of three years his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He attended Otago Boys' High School and studied law at the University...
(1859-1932), English novelist - Gary HumeGary HumeGary Stewart Hume is an English artist. His work is strongly identified with the YBA artists who came to prominence in the early-1990s. In 1996, Hume was nominated for the Turner Prize, but lost out to Douglas Gordon. Hume was elected a Royal Academician in 2001.-Life and work:Hume was born in...
, British artist - Hamilton HumeHamilton HumeHamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...
(1797-1873), Australian explorer - Iain HumeIain HumeIain Edward Hume is a Scottish-born Canadian international soccer player who plays as a striker for Preston North End FC.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hume plays internationally for Canada.-Tranmere Rovers:...
, Canadian footballer - Jim HumeJim HumeJim Hume MSP is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region since 2007.-Background:...
, Scottish politician - John HumeJohn HumeJohn Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....
, Irish politician - Joseph HumeJoseph HumeJoseph Hume FRS was a Scottish doctor and Radical MP, born in Montrose, Angus.-Medical career:He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and moved to India in 1797...
(b. 22 January 1777), British political reformer during the Age of Enlightenment - Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910), English historian, born Martin Sharp (journalist)Martin Sharp (journalist)Martin Andrew Sharp was an English historian, long a resident in Spain. He assumed the name Martin Andrew Sharp Hume as a condition of receiving a legacy from a Spanish-English relative who was a Hume. He was born in London and was educated at Madrid. He was the editor of the Spanish State...
- Sir Patrick HumePatrick Hume, 1st Earl of MarchmontPatrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont , known as Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and as Lord Polwarth from 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman...
or Home (1641-1724), Scottish statesman - Paul HumePaul HumePaul Chandler Hume was the music editor for the Washington Post from 1946 to 1982.-Career:...
(1915-2001), Music critic, Washington Post - Paul Hume (game designer)Paul Hume (game designer)Paul Hume has been designing role-playing games since the mid 1970s. He co-wrote, with Bob Charrette, Bushido, Aftermath!, and Daredevils for Fantasy Games Unlimited. He is also a co-author of Shadowrun, among other games.-External links:...
, Game designer - Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
- Rob HumeRob HumeRobert `Rob` Hume is an English ornithologist, author and journalist specialising in avian and natural history subjects. From Spring 1989 , until Summer 2009 Robert `Rob` Hume is an English ornithologist, author and journalist specialising in avian and natural history subjects. From Spring 1989...
, English ornithological writer - Tobias HumeTobias HumeTobias Hume was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier.Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1569 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a pre-requisite to which was being at least 60 years old, though there is no certainty over this...
(possibly 1569 - 16 April 1645), English composer, viola player and soldier - William Hume-RotheryWilliam Hume-RotheryWilliam Hume-Rothery OBE was a British metallurgist who studied the constitution of alloys.- Career :Hume-Rothery was born the son of lawyer Joseph Hume-Rothery in Worcester Park, Surrey but spent his youth in Cheltenham and was educated at Cheltenham College. In 1917 he was made totally deaf by a...
(1899-1968), British metallurgist - Mick HumeMick HumeMick Hume is a British journalist and former organiser of the defunct Revolutionary Communist Party. He was raised in Woking and educated at Manchester University where he read American Studies...
Editor of Spiked Online Magazine
Home
- Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
(1903–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Daniel Dunglas HomeDaniel Dunglas HomeDaniel Dunglas Home was a Scottish physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. His biographer Peter Lamont opines that he was one of the most famous men of his era...
(1833–1886), Scottish spiritualist - Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet (1756–1832), British physician
- John HomeJohn HomeJohn Home was a Scottish poet and dramatist.-Biography:He was born at Leith, near Edinburgh, where his father, Alexander Home, a distant relation of the earls of Home, was town clerk. John was educated at the Leith Grammar School, and at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated MA, in 1742...
(1722–1808), Scottish poet and dramatist - Anne HunterAnne HunterAnne Hunter was the wife of the celebrated surgeon John Hunter, and a minor poet. She is mostly remembered now for the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English. Their relationship during Haydn's stay is ambiguous, though at the time she was a widow...
(née Home) (1742–1821), poet and socialite