Sir George Hopwood Hume | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:George_Hopwood_Hume.jpg) | |
| Member of Parliament for Greenwich | |
| In office 27 October 1931 – 15 June 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Timothy Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Reeves |
| In office 29 October 1924 – 10 May 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Timothy Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Edward Timothy Palmer |
| In office 15 November 1922 – 16 November 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Ion Hamilton Benn |
| Succeeded by | Edward Timothy Palmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1866 Poltava |
| Died | 13 September 1946 (aged 80) Blackheath, London |
| Political party | Conservative |
Sir George Hopwood Hume (24 May 1866 – 13 September 1946) was a British Conservative politician and leader of the London County Council.[1][2]
He was born in the Ukrainian city of Poltava, then in the Russian Empire. His father was George Hume, a Scottish mechanical engineer, and British vice consul at Kiev and Kharkov.[1][2] He was educated in Russia, Switzerland and at the Finsbury Technical College, London. He was apprenticed as an electrical engineer at Siemens Brothers, later studying law and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1900. In 1901, he married Jeanne Alice Ladrierre of Lausanne, who died in 1922.[1][2]
- ^ a b c Pottle, Mark (2006). "Hume, Sir George Hopwood (1866–1946), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ a b c "Sir George Hume. Long Record of Public Service". The Times. 14 September 1946. p. 7.