John Hume (bishop)

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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).{{alox2|title=Hume, John (1)}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.clan-home.org/tng11/index.php|title=Hume & Home Genealogy|website=www.clan-home.org|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921120558/http://www.clan-home.org/tng11/index.php|url-status=dead}} Hume matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 31 March 1721, aged 15. He migrated to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1724, M.A. 1727, B.D. & D.D. 1743.{{cite wikisource|title=Alumni Oxonienses|chapter=Hume, John (1)|wslink=Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886|last=Foster|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Foster (genealogist)}}

He became a Canon of Westminster (28 June 1742 – 1748){{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1541–1857 |volume=7 |pages=83–97}} and a Canon of St Paul's Cathedral (30 March 1748 – 1766).{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1541–1857 |volume=1 |pages=61–63}}

He was rector of Barnes, London from 1749 to 1758; he was appointed Bishop of Bristol in 1756.The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey; Appendix: Additions and corrections (pages 541–572) [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp541-572 at British History Online] In 1758 he became Bishop of Oxford and Dean of St Paul's, and in 1766 Bishop of Salisbury and ex officio Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/bishops/list.html|title=The bishops of Oxford|website=www.oxfordhistory.org.uk|access-date=3 August 2020}}

He died on 26 June 1782 and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral on 6 July 1782.Grave of John Hume in Salisbury Cathedral The monument was sculpted by William Osmond.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.285

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.{{cite book|author=James Balfour Paul|author-link=James Balfour Paul|title=The Scots Peerage|date=1908|publisher=D. Douglas |page =234|ref=Paul}} By his second wife he had three daughters.

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