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Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet
1838Mar, 24

Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet

Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)
Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (29 February 1749 – 24 March 1838, in London) was a British floriculturist and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1818.

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