Gustavus Hume (1730 - 1812)

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Died 7 Feb 1812 at age 81 in Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Gustavus was the son of Robert Hume.

He was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in the first part of 1795. He specialised in the diseases of children. He was one of the surgeons who examined the body of the journalist William Jackson after he died from poisoning in a Dublin court in 1795 while awaiting sentencing for high treason.

Gustavus married Elizabeth Travers, daughter of Boyle Travers and Elizabeth Deane in 1756.

Marriage Licence ^[1]

Hume. Gustavus of City of Dublin, Surgeon and Elizabeth Travers of the Parish of St Paul's, spinster. dated 18 November 1756.

Children

1. Travers (Rev) married Elizabeth Blaquier, only daughter of John Blaquier, Major of Dragoons, and Elizabeth Macartney, daughter of George Macartney, and sister of Earl Macartney, in October 1787.
2. Thomas, M.D.

He died in 1812.

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Betham's Genealogical Abstracts Dublin Marr. Lics. F-Y. 1756-1760

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Hume
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Berbard Burke and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Publication date 1912, Family: Hume-Gore of Derryluskan