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, Bishop of Durham.[1]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1774 [2] and also elected at the 1774 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Petersfield in Hampshire,[3] and holding the seat until the 1780 general election, when he did not contest Petersfield again.[3]
He was returned to the House of Commons 27 years later, at the 1807 general election as an MP for the borough of Hastings in Sussex.[4] He resigned the seat in early 1812 in order to contest a by-election in Boston,[4] where he was defeated in April 1812,[5] and was then re-elected for Hastings at a by-election later the same month.[4] At the 1812 general election, he contested both Boston[5] and Hastings,[4] but was elected only in the latter, and held that seat until the 1818 general election,[6] when he contested neither Boston[4] nor Hastings.[4]
Both Sir Abraham Hume and his wife were active as rosarians and developed several rose cultivars at their estate in Hertfordshire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in December 1775, [7] and one of the founding members of the Geological Society and the British Institution.
Abraham Hume died in London on 24 March 1838.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Welbore Ellis William Jolliffe |
Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1774 – 1780 With: William Jolliffe |
Succeeded by Thomas Jolliffe William Jolliffe |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sir William Middleton, Bt Sir John Nicholl |
Member of Parliament for Hastings 1807 – 1818 With: George Canning 1807–12 James Dawkins 1812–18 |
Succeeded by George Peter Holford James Dawkins |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Abraham Hume |
Baronet (of Wormleybury, Herts) 1772 – 1838 |
Extinct |