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Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp
HUME, MARTIN ANDREW SHARP (1843–1910), author, born in London on 8 Dec.
1843, was second son of William Lacy Sharp, of the East India Company's service, who married Louisa Charlotte Hume in 1840.
A o hume biography of martin
Educated at a private school at Forest Gate, he had some practical training in business, and began early to learn Spanish. A branch of his mother's family had settled at Madrid towards the end of the eighteenth century. In 1860 he paid his Spanish kinsfolk a first visit, which had a decisive influence on his career.
His relatives received him with affectionate cordiality. Though he declined their invitation to make his home with them, he visited them annually for long periods, perfected his knowledge of Spanish, witnessed the revolution of 1868, and became acquainted with the chief organisers of the movement.
The last of the Spanish Humes, a lady advanced in years, died in 1876, bequeathing her property