Patrick Home (22 May 1728 – 19 December 1808) was the Scottish MP for
Berwickshire from 1784 till 1796.
Patrick Home was born 22 May 1728 to
Rev.
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Ninian Home and his second wife, Margaret Home.
Early life
Home inherited £1,000 from his father, Ninian Home,
parish minister of
Sprouton, Roxburghshire, deposed in 1718 due to his political leanings and behaviour.
Political career
In 1784, he was elected MP of Berwickshire with the support of
Henry Dundas. In Parliament, he was politically aligned with
William Pitt the Younger and voted in favour of Pitt's plans to reform Parliament.
He had hoped to make his nephew
Ninian succeed him as MP in 1789 but through lobbying from Patrick and George Home,
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made Ninian
Governor of Grenada
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in August 1792. On 15 March 1796, he voted against the
abolition of the slave trade, shortly before he resigned due to deafness and frailty.
Marriage to Jane Graham
In May 1771, Patrick Home married Jane, the daughter of John Graham. Jane's brother, also called John Graham, was owner of the Douglaston estate in Grenada from 1768 and a close friend of Home's nephew, Ninian. Graham owned land in
Tobago and later became
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thanks to Home's assistance.
Home lived with Jane in
Italy until their separation in 1779. Home remained in contact with his former in-laws, managing younger John Graham's finances, estate, and slaves. Jane became a nun, and moved to Belgium to join a convent there.
He died on 19 December 1808.
References
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1728 births
1808 deaths
British MPs 1784–1790
British MPs 1790–1796