Home, Henry, Lord Kames
(1696–1782)
- Alastair J. Durie
- and Stuart Handley
Extract
Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696–1782), judge and writer, was born at Kames, near Duns, Berwickshire, the first son of George Home of Kames (d. 1741) and his wife, Agnes (b. 1675), daughter of John Walkinshaw of Barrowfield, near Glasgow. His father was an impecunious border laird, much burdened by debt and a large family (by 1715 he had nine children). ...
