Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont
The Earl of Marchmont | |
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Lord Chancellor of Scotland | |
In office 1696–1702 | |
Monarch | William II |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Tweeddale |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Seafield |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 January 1641 Berwick-on-Tweed, Great Britain |
Resting place | Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh |
Spouse | Grizel Ker |
Children | 4 sons 5 daughters |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Military service | |
Battles/wars | Argyll's Rising Glorious Revolution |
Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (13 January 1641 – 2 August 1724), known as Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and as Lord Polwarth from 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman. His grandfather was the poet and courtier Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth and Redbraes who died in 1609.
Life
Born at
There, he joined
With his estates restored and now a Scottish peer, he was made Lord Chancellor in 1696 and Earl of Marchmont in 1697, although when Anne came to the throne in 1702 he lost his chancellorship.[1]
He strenuously opposed in Parliament the claims of the
Family
At least six of his children died in infancy and were buried in the Foulis tomb in Greyfriars Kirkyard.[3] His son, Sir Andrew Hume, later Lord Kimmerghame, served as a commissioner in parliament for Kirkcudbright.[4]
He was great-nephew to both Patrick Hume of Polwarth and Rev Alexander Hume.[5]
His eldest daughter, Grisell Hume (later Lady Grisell Baillie) wrote the popular 17th century song "Werna my Heart Licht I Wad Dee" (Were not My Heart Light I would Die). Another daughter, Julian, married Charles Billingham, an English soldier.[6]
Arms
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References
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 691.
- ^ Steve Murdoch (2010). "Conspiratorial Networks in the North? A Review of Jacobite and Hanoverian Freemasons in Scandinavia and Russia, 1688-1746". Politica Hermetica, 24 Sorbonne. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Register of interments in the Greyfriars burying-ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700
- ^ David Wilkinson, HUME, Hon. Sir Andrew (1676-1730), of Kimmerghame, Berwick. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
- ^ Logie: A Parish History Menzies Fergusson 1905
- ^ Helen & Keith Kelsall, Scottish Lifestyle 300 Years Ago (John Donald: Edinburgh, 1986), pp. 68-72: Lesley Abernethy, Lady Grisell Baillie: Mistress of Mellerstain (Matador, 2020), p. 61.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.