Charles Westrow Hulse JP (25 November 1860 – 4 June 1901) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Charles Westrow Hulse | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1860 Breamore, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 June 1901 (aged 40) Braklaagte, Orange Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1885 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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The son of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Baronet of the Hulse baronets, he was born at the family seat at Breamore House in Breamore, Hampshire.[1] He was educated at Radley College,[2] before going up to Charsley's Hall, Oxford.[3] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Artillery Militia in February 1880,[4] serving with the militia at Fort Rowner.
He was promoted to captain in April 1885,[5] and in the same year he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire at Southampton.[6] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 22 runs by George Underdown.[7]
Charles Hulse was granted the honorary rank of major in September 1894 in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Artillery Militia,[8] while additionally holding the office of justice of the peace.[1] He joined the Imperial Yeomanry in February 1901, where he was given the honorary rank of second lieutenant.[9] Serving in the Second Boer War, he was killed in action in June 1901 at Braklaagte in the Orange Free State.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Charles Westrow Hulse". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Obituary Charles Westrow Hulse (1872)". www.radleyarchive.blog. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 712.
- ^ "No. 24813". The London Gazette. 20 February 1880. p. 784.
- ^ "No. 25468". The London Gazette. 8 May 1885. p. 2107.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Hulse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "No. 26555". The London Gazette. 25 September 1894. p. 5462.
- ^ "No. 27285". The London Gazette. 15 February 1901. p. 1148.