Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth

This book recounts the history of the Hume family, one of the most prominent landowning families in Scotland, and their estate at Marchmont. The book focuses in particular on the 18th-century lairds of the estate, including Sir Patrick Hume, who played a key role in the Glorious Revolution, and Alexander Hume, who was a prominent writer and patron of the arts.
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