Sir Edward Hulse, 6th Baronet

Hulse in 1895.

Sir Edward Henry Hulse, 6th Baronet (25 Aug 1859 – 29 May 1903) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Biography

Educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salisbury at the 1886 general election, and was returned to the House of Commons at the next two general elections. He resigned his seat on 16 January 1897 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

In 1888 he married Edith Maud Levy-Lawson, daughter of Sir Edward Levy-Lawson. They had one son, Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, born in 1889, who was to succeed to the baronetcy.

Hulse held a commission in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War the Imperial Yeomanry was formed from contingents of the Yeomanry regiments. Hulse was posted to the 15th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry at the beginning of 1900 and served as a captain in South Africa, where he was mentioned in dispatches. His brother, Major Charles Westrow Hulse was killed in action during the war, and Sir Edward was himself severely injured in 1901.

He remained in South Africa after the war, where he acted as press censor. In his final months he was in financial difficulty, having lost considerable sums of money on the stock exchange and at horse races. He was also suffering considerable pain from his injuries. His body was discovered in his bedroom in Johannesburg on the morning of 30 May 1903 having committed suicide with his revolver.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Hulse

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Greenfell	Member of Parliament for Salisbury 1886 – 1897	Succeeded by Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Edward Hulse	Baronet 1899–1903	Succeeded by Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse