Sir Edward Henry Hulse, 6th Baronet (25 Aug 1859 – 29 May 1903)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.[2]
Educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford[2], 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.[3] He resigned his seat on 16 January 1897 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[4]
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.[2] [5]
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.[2] His brother, Major Charles Westrow Hulse was killed in action during the war, and Sir Edward was himself severely injured in 1901.[2]
He remained in South Africa after the war, where he acted as press censor.[2] In his final months he was in financial difficulty, having lost considerable sums of money on the stock exchange and at horse races.[6] 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.[2]
| 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 |