Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet, of Castle Hume, (c.1670 – 25 October 1731) was an Irish landowner and politician. Hume was the son of

Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet, (died 1695), of Castle Hume (previously Tully Castle), was an Irish landowner and baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. He was the eldest son of Sir George Hume, 1st Baronet of Castle Hume and the grandson of J ...

and Sydney Hamilton, and in 1695 he succeeded to his father's

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. He was

High Sheriff of Fermanagh The High Sheriff of Fermanagh is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Fermanagh. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides h ...

in 1701. He was the

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for

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

in the

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between 1713 and his death in 1731.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.97 (Retrieved 2 November 2022). In 1714 he was made a member of the

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. From 1715 to 1727 he was a

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. Hume was succeeded in his title by his cousin, Charles Hume.

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Sir Gustavus Hume, of Castle Hume, 3rd Baronet, Sheriff of FermanaghHume Row and Smith’s Buildings now Ely Place
Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Gustavus 1670s births 1731 deaths Year of birth uncertain High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh Irish people of Scottish descent Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Fermanagh constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland {{Ireland-baronet-stub