Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet
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Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet, (died 1695), of Castle Hume (previously Tully Castle), was an Irish landowner and baronet (of North Berwick) in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.[1]
He was the eldest son of Sir George Hume, 1st Baronet of Castle Hume and the grandson of John Hume of North Berwick, Scotland.
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He was High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1662 and Governor of Fermanagh c.1689. As a supporter of William of Orange he was attainted in the Patriot parliament of 1689.
He married Sydney, daughter and coheiress of James Hamilton of Manor Hamilton, Leitrim. They had 4 sons and 6 daughters. He was succeeded as 3rd Baronet by his son Gustavus, both his elder sons, John and James, having died in the war.
References
- ^ Burke, John & John Bernard Burke. (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. London: John Russell Smith. p. 608.