HUGH HUME-CAMPBELL (aka HUGH CAMPBELL) Earl of Marchmont

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ALEXANDER SIR/CAMPBELL MARGARET CAMPBELL FR4111 (FR4111)
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15/02/1708
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Edinburgh

Genealogy

1. Darryl Lundy's Peerage
2. Wikipedia

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

"Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont was born on 15 February 1708.1 He was the son of Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont and Margaret Campbell.3 He married, secondly, Elizabeth Crompton, daughter of Windmill Crompton, on 30 January 1747/48.1 He married, firstly, Anne Western, daughter of Robert Western, on 1 May 1731.1 He died on 10 January 1794 at age 85, without surviving male issue |All of his titles bar the Lordship of Parliament of Polwarth became dormant.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (anti-Walpole Whig) for Berwickshire between 1734 and 1740.1 He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Hume of Polwarth [S., 1625] on 27 February 1740.3 He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Marchmont [S., 1697] on 27 February 1740.1 He succeeded as the 3rd Lord Polwarth [S., 1690] on 27 February 1740.1 He succeeded as the 3rd Lord Polwarth of Polwarth, Rebraes and Greenlaw [S., 1697] on 27 February 1739/40.1 He succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Blasonberrie [S., 1697] on 27 February 1739/40.1 He held the office of Representative Scottish Peer between 1750 and 1784.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1762.1 He was Governor of the Bank of Scotland between 1763 and 1790.1 He held the office of Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland between 1764 and 1794.1" SOURCE: http://thepeerage.com/p2724.htm#i27237

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Hume-Campbell,_3rd_... Biographical Summary by Wikipedia]

"Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont PC FRS (15 February 1708 – 10 January 1794), styled Lord Polwarth between 1724 and 1740, was a Scottish politician...

...Hume-Campbell was the son of Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, by Margaret, daughter and heiress Sir George Campbell, of Cessnock. On 1 May 1731, he married Ann Western (d. 1747), daughter of Robert Western of London and niece of Sir Richard Shirley, 3rd Baronet. They had one son and three daughters:

• Patrick Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth (died young)
• Lady Anne Hume-Campebll (c.1734 – 27 July 1790), married on 23 October 1735 Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet and had issue
• Lady Margaret Hume-Campbell (d. 7 January 1764), married on 20 September 1763 James Stuart, without issue
• Lady Diana Hume-Campbell, married in 1754 Walter Scott of Harden (d. 1793), and had issue; later Lady Polwarth suo jure and de jure.

...He was returned to parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1734, a seat he held until 1740. From 1750 to 1784 he sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer. He also served as First Lord of the Police (in Scotland) from 1747 to 1764...

...Lord Marchmont made a second marriage on 30 January 1748, to Elizabeth Crompton (d. 12 February 1797). They had one son:

• Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth (1750–1781); created Baron Hume of Berwick in 1776, but died vita patris in 1781, without issue by his marriage to Amabel Grey.

...In 1753, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1762, he was Governor of the Bank of Scotland from 1763 until 1790. Marchmont died in January 1794, aged 85, when the earldom became either extinct or dormant. The claim to his junior title Lord Polwarth was vested in his granddaughter Anne Anstruther. Marchmont is also said to have fathered an illegitimate son, David Rose, father of George Rose. However, this son is not mentioned by Thomas Finlay Henderson writing in the Dictionary of National Biography."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 April 2012, 13:10 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Hume-Campbell,_3rd_E...> [accessed 20 August 2012]