- Partner of Mary Catherine Costin and Ethel McDonald.
- Son of Andrew Hume and Grace Hume.
- John Law Hume (also known as 'Jock') was born on 9 August 1890 in Dumfries, Scotland and lived with his parents at 42 George Street, Dumfries.[25] He had already played on at least five ships before the Titanic. He was recruited to play on the maiden voyage due to his good reputation as a musician.
- Father of Johnann Law Hume Costin and Keith Neville Hume.
- John Law Hume (9 August 1890 - 15 April 1912) was a Scottish violinist on the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage. He died in the disaster.
- Brother of Nellie Hume; Grace Pogson; Margaret Hume; Catherine Hume; Andrew Hume and 1 other.
- He boarded the Titanic on Wednesday 10 April 1912 in Southampton, UK. His ticket number was 250654, the ticket for all the members of Wallace Hartley's orchestra. His cabin was in the second class quarters.
- The letter caused controversy at the time when it was reprinted in the Amalgamated Musicians Union's monthly newsletter.[30] Andrew Law Hume decided not to settle the bill.
- In April 1914 John W. Furness, the violinist of the Canadian liner RMS Empress of Ireland made a pilgrimage with Anglican Church officials to visit the grave of John Law Hume at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia and pay his respects, little knowing that Furness himself would perish in a shipwreck only a few weeks later when Empress of Ireland sank on 29 May 1914.
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