 of Flete) settled at Sligo in Ireland, where his uncle was Collector of the Customs.He married Eleanor Hume, of Scottish descent and a descendant of General Walker, Governor of Derry.They had a number of children including three sons Edward Josiah, Samuel William (Director of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway), and Andrew Hume, (Andrew's father), as well as six daughters (Susan, Matilda, Ellen, Jane, Margaret, Anne and Mary).