Martin Andrew Sharp Hume

Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (8 December 1843[1] – 1 July 1910), born Martin Andrew Sharp, was an English historian, long a resident in Spain.[2] Martin Andrew Sharp was born in London on 8 December 1843. He was second son of William Lacy Sharp, ofthe East India Company's service, who married Louisa Charlotte Hume in 1840. He was educated at a private school at Forest Gate, he had some practical training in business, and began early to learn Spanish. A branch of his mother's family had settled at Madrid towards the end of the eighteenth century.[3]