| Authorised form of name | Hume; Joseph (1777 - 1855) | 
| Dates | 1777 - 1855 | 
| Nationality | British | 
| Place of birth | Montrose, Forfarshire | 
| Date of birth | 22 January 1777 | 
| Place of death | His seat, Burnley Hall, Norfolk | 
| Date of death | 20 February 1855 | 
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Kensal Green cemetery, London
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| Occupation | Politician; Surgeon | 
| Activity | Education: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, London
 Career:
 Apprenticed to a local Surgeon (1790); Assistant Surgeon in the sea service of the HEIC (1797); returned to England with a fortune (1807); MP for Weymouth (1812); MP for Aberdeen (1818-1830); MP for Middlesex (1830-1837); MP for Kilkenny (1837-1841); MP for Montrose (1842-1855); Privy Councillor; DL for Middlesex; Lord Rector of Aberdeen University (twice)
 Memberships:
 MRCS Edinburgh (1796)
 
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| Membership category | Fellow | 
| Date of election | 08/01/1818 | 
| Relationships | Younger son of a shipmaster | 
| Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB
 References:
 Sir John Craig, 'The Royal Society and the Royal Mint' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 156-167
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| Code | NA3454 | 
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date | 
| M/097 | Hume, Joseph |  | 
| EC/1817/17 | Hume, Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society |  | 
| IM/002305 | Hume, Joseph | nd | 
| HS/10/217 | Letter, from Joseph Hume to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bryanston Square | 27 May 1850 |