Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (20 February 1749 – 24 March 1838) was a British floriculturist and Tory politician.

He was born in London on February 29, 1749. He married Amelia Egerton (25 November 1751 - 8 August 1809), daughter of John Egerton

John Egerton (bishop)

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, Bishop of Durham.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

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 for 1774 and also elected at the 1774 general election

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 as a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the borough of Petersfield

Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Hampshire

Hampshire

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, and holding the seat until the 1780 general election

British general election, 1780

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, when he did not contest Petersfield again.

He was returned to the House of Commons 27 years later, at the 1807 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1807

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 as an MP for the borough of Hastings

Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Sussex

Sussex

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. He resigned the seat in early 1812 in order to contest a by-election in Boston

Boston (UK Parliament constituency)

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, where he was defeated in April 1812, and was then re-elected for Hastings at a by-election later the same month. At the 1812 general election

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, he contested both Boston and Hastings, but was elected only in the latter, and held that seat until the 1818 general election

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, when he contested neither Boston nor Hastings.

Both Sir Abraham Hume and his wife were active as rosarians and developed several rose cultivars at their estate in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in December 1775, and one of the founding members of the Geological Society and the British Institution

British Institution

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Abraham Hume died in London on 24 March 1838.