Andrew Hume, Lord Kimmerghame

Andrew Hume, Lord Kimmerghame MP (1676–1730) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice.

Andrew's father went into exile in 1684 due to his being thought to have been involved in the Rye House Plot.

[1] Andrew returned to the Netherlands for his university education, studying law and graduating at the University of Utrecht in 1695 and passing the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1696, the same year in which is father was created Lord Chancellor, heading the Scottish legal profession.

Andrew worked in a senior position for the government excise as Collector of Tunnage from 1695.

[1] On 23 November 1714 he was created a Senator of the College of Justice in place of Alexander Campbell, Lord Cessnock.