Tully Castle, County Fermanagh - geograph

Sir George Hume, 1st Baronet (), of Castle Hume,

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, was a landowner and

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of Scottish descent. He was the elder son of Sir John Hume of

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, Scotland and the grandson of Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Scotland. He succeeded to a large estate in Fermanagh granted to his father by the king and was created a baronet, of North Berwick in the

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in 1671. He also inherited Tully Castle (also known as Castle Hume), built by his father. He died in Edinburgh and was succeeded by his son

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