Captain Edward Archibald Hume (died 27 August 1915) held the office of Chief Magistrate of colonial Gambia (now called office of the

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) from 1909 until 1913. After his retirement from colonial service he was selected as the

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candidate in the 1914 general election for the

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constituency. However the election was deferred due to World War I.

Personal life

He completed his degree at

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, Oxford, in 1900. He married Violet Mary Hope on 30 July 1912.

Death

He died in active service from a bullet wound in the spine on 27 August 1915 as he fought in the

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. He was buried at sea.

References

Chief justices of the Gambia 1915 deaths Year of birth missing British military personnel killed in World War I South Staffordshire Regiment officers Burials at sea British Army personnel of World War I {{UK-bio-stub