Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont
The Earl of Marchmont | |
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 Portrait byGodfrey Kneller. | |
| 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 Polwarth,Berwickshire,Scotland |
| Died | 2 August 1724 (aged 83) 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 asSir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronetfrom 1648 to 1690 and asLord Polwarthfrom 1690 to 1697, was a Scottish statesman. His grandfather was the poet and courtierSir Patrick Hume of Polwarth and Redbraeswho died in 1609.
Life
[edit]Born atPolwarth, Berwickshire,he was raised as a strictPresbyterian,and after a term of law study atParishe became a member of theScottish parliamentin 1665 as shire commissioner forBerwickshire,where he at once took a foremost place as defender of theCovenanters.He went so far as to bring imprisonment upon himself, and on being freed was suspected of complication in theRye House Plot,so that he was forced to remain in hiding until he could escape in disguise to theNetherlands.[1]
There, he joinedArchibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argylland embarked with him on theunsuccessful 1685 expeditionto Scotland. Hume became arefugeewith a price set upon his head; but he once more escaped abroad and lived atUtrechtunder the name "Dr. Wallace," professing to be a Scottish surgeon. He returned withWilliam of Orangeat theRevolution of 1688,and once again joined the Scottish parliament as the commissioner for Berwickshire until becoming Lord Polwarth in 1690.[citation needed]
With his estates restored and now a Scottish peer, he was made Lord Chancellor in 1696 andEarl of Marchmontin 1697, although whenAnnecame to the throne in 1702 he lost his chancellorship.[1]
He strenuously opposed in Parliament the claims of theOld Pretenderto the crown and voted for the union of Scotland with England, though he was not above the suspicion of having received a reward for so doing. Toodogmaticto be popular, he did not hold office inGreat Britainuntil the reign ofGeorge I,when he was given some minor charges, but shortly afterwards retired. Hume was an activefreemason,he belonged to the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) since 1667.[2]
Family
[edit]At least six of his children died in infancy and were buried in the Foulis tomb inGreyfriars Kirkyard.[3]His son, Sir Andrew Hume, laterLord Kimmerghame,served as a commissioner in parliament for Kirkcudbright.[4]
He was great-nephew to bothPatrick Hume of Polwarthand RevAlexander 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
[edit]- ^abChisholm, 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.Retrieved1 December2019.
- ^Register of interments in the Greyfriars burying-ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700
- ^David Wilkinson,HUME, Hon. Sir Andrew (1676-1730), of Kimmerghame, Berwick.inThe 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
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Gilman, D. C.;Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Marchmont, Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of".New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages[self-published source][better source needed]
- Lee, Sidney,ed. (1891)..Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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- 1641 births
- 1724 deaths
- People from Berwickshire
- Nobility from the Scottish Borders
- Lord chancellors of Scotland
- Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland
- Earls of Marchmont
- Hume baronets
- Peers of Scotland created by William II
- Scottish Presbyterians
- Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- People of the Rye House Plot
- Burials at the Canongate Kirkyard
- 17th-century Scottish politicians
- 18th-century British politicians
- University of Paris alumni
- Covenanters
- Scottish Jacobites
- Scottish Freemasons
- Lords High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1665
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1667
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–1674
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702
- Commissioners of the Treasury of Scotland
- Senators of the College of Justice
- Extraordinary Lords of Session