| Hume | Charles Vernon | | Major | HUME, CHARLES VERNON, Major, was born 12 July 1860. He was educated at Marlborough, and entered the Royal Field Artillery on 6 April 1879, as Lieutenant; was ADC to the Commander-in-Chief, West Indies, 28 November 1885 to 20 September 1892. He served in Burma, 1886-87, as Intelligence Officer, 5th Brigade, and ADC to the General in Command; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 September 1887], and received the Medal with clasp. He was promoted to Captain 21 September 1887. From 31 October 1895 to 31 October 1896, he was Staff Captain, RE, North-Eastern District; he was on Special Extra Regimental Employment 1 November 1896 to 20 December 1899, and became Major 8 April 1897. Major Hume was on special service, South Africa, 23 December 1899 to 9 January 1900; was DAAG, South Africa, 10 January 1900 to 30 May 1900; Director of Military Intelligence (graded AAG), South Africa, 31 May 1900 to 1 February 1901. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 February and 16 April, 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with five clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 19 April, 1901]: "Charles Vernon Hume, Major, Royal Artillery. In recognition of services during the recent operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented to him by the King 3 June 1901. He was specially employed (Mobilization), Headquarters of Army, 28 May 1901 to 16 July 1903; was Military Attache, Tokio and Korea, 17 July 1903 to 22 December 1904, and 23 December 1904 to 16 July 1907; was promoted Lieutenant Colonel 23 December 1904; attached to the Japanese Army in Manchuria 17 May 1905; was given the Brevet of Colonel 17 March 1906, and created an MVO in 1906, and was employed under the Siamese Government, from 1911. Colonel Hume married, in 1897, Ursula Wilhelmina, daughter of Reginald Dykes Marshall, DL, JP, of Castlerigg Manor, Cumberland, and they had one son and two daughters. He died on 2 February 1915, at Arundel, and a notice of his death appeared in the 'Times' of 4 February 1915.
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