John Hume DD (c.1703–26 June 1782) was an English bishop.

Early life and education

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John Hume was the son of Rev. William Hume (1651-1714) of Milton, Devon, and his wife Jane Robertson (d. 1733). Hume matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 31 March 1721, aged 15. He migrated to

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, graduating

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1724,

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1727, B.D. & D.D. 1743.

Career

He became a Canon of Westminster (28 June 1742 – 1748) and a Canon of St Paul's Cathedral (30 March 1748 – 1766). He was rector of

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from 1749 to 1758; he was appointed

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in 1756. In 1758 he became

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and

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, and in 1766

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and ''ex officio'' Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. He died on 26 June 1782 and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral on 6 July 1782. The monument was sculpted by William Osmond.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.285

Family

He married twice. His first wife Ann died in 1757 without children. His second wife, Lady Mary Hay (d.1805), youngest daughter of George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull. By his second wife he had three daughters.

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