Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hume was born in Farley, Wiltshire on the 15th January 1816.  He purcahsed his commission as ensign on 9th May 1835. 

He embarked for Turkey as Junior Major of the 95th Derbyshire Regiment of Foot. He was present at the Battle of Alma on the 20th September 1854 and was slightly wounded and his horse was killed under him. 

He was at the repulse of the sortie on the 26th October 1854 and at Inkerman on the 5th November 1854, when he was dangerously wounded and his horse was shot under him.  

He became Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on the 12th December 1854 and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 95th on the 9th March 1855.  

He was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1855 and succeeded to the command of the Regiment and embarked as C.O for the Cape in June 1857.  

He fell sick soon after arriving in India and left the Regiment at Ahmedabad in December 1858. He exchanged as Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Grenadier Guards on the 30th April 1858 with Captain and Hon Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon F Thesiger. He became Brevet Colonel on the 5th May 1860 before retiring in 1861.