Patrick Home | |
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| Member of Parliament for Berwickshire | |
| In office 1784–1796 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Hepburne-Scott |
| Succeeded by | George Baillie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1728 |
| Died | 19 December 1808 (aged 80) |
| Spouse | Jane Home (née Graham) |
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Patrick Home (22 May 1728 – 19 December 1808) was the Scottish MP for Berwickshire from 1784 till 1796.
Patrick Home was born 22 May 1728 to Rev. Ninian Home and his second wife, Margaret Home. In May 1771, he married Jane, the daughter of John Graham.
His father was parish minister of Sprouston, Roxburgshire but was deposed in 1718 for drunkenness and Jacobitism, he became the proprietor of Billie and Wedderburn by buying up the debts of their impoverished owners. Ninian Home died in 1744 and Patrick Home inherited £1,000. In 1766, he succeeded to Wedderburn on the death of the last of the Wedderburn line.
In 1784, he was elected MP of Berwickshire with the support of Henry Dundas. In Parliament, he followed William Pitt the Younger and voted for his parliamentary reform proposals on 18 April 1785.
He died on 19 December 1808.[1]