The Hulke Family
The Taranaki Herald 23 October 1908 p5 claims
this about the early origins of the Hulke family fleeing Flanders during the
Dutch Revolt:
[William King
Hulke's] ancestors came from Flanders, whence, with thousands of other
refugees, they fled to escape the butcheries of Alva in the war of
extermination this ruthless zealot was prosecuting over the Low
Countries. Most of these exiles settled in one or other of the Cinque
Ports. Mr Hulke's forbears eventually making Deal their home, and there
they have lived since the last quarter of the sixteenth century.
British Medical Journal 23 February 1895 p451
has a similar claim, and adds that the name was originally Hulcher:
John Whitaker Hulke was born in 1830,
and was the elder son of a highly esteemed surgeon at Deal, where the
family had been resident for many generations. His ancestors, who bore
originally the name of Hulcher, had left their native Low Countries
during the persecutions of the Duke of Alva in the sixteenth century,
and their descendant probably owed to his sturdy Puritan ancestors
certain traits conspicuous in his character.
Ann (Hulke) Netherland
1669
William Hulke
Ellen
(Whale) Hulke
William Netherland on 9 March 1697,
in Deal, Kent, England
1712
Ann Hulke
10 November 1720
30 November 1720, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
4 September 1739
Ann (Hulke) Dixson
25 February 1800, in Deal, Kent,
England
2 April 1800, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
John
East Dixson on 10 June 1830, in Deal, Kent, England
19 May 1882, in Wye, Kent, England,
aged 82
Medical Times and Gazette 27 May 1882 p570
DEATHS.
DIXSON.—The wife of John East Dixson M.R.C.S., at Wye,
Kent, on May 19, in her 83rd year.
Kentish Express & Ashford News 27 May
1882 p8 col 7
DEATHS.
Ann DIXSON in her 83rd year the dearly loved wife of John East DIXSON,
M.R.C.S.E. etc. daughter of the late William HULKE MD, vicar of Wye,
died May 19 fell asleep in Jesus, at Wye, Kent after many years of
patient suffering
23 May 1882, in Wye, Kent, England
1841: Beach
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Church
Street, Wye, Kent
1861:
3 Harley Street, Bow, Middlesex
1871: Wye, Kent
1881: Church
St, Wye, Kent
Anne Hulke
1616
Anthony Hulke
Mildred
(Baker) Hulke
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Anne (_____) Hulke
William Hulke
Anne (_____) Hulke
John Hulke
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Anne Hulke
1733
John Hulke
Ann (_____) Hulke
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Anne Hulke
1735
William Hulke
Mary (Brame) Hulke
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Anne Hulke
1794
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
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Anne Maria (Hulke) Barrett
1825 in Lambeth, Surrey, England
10 July 1825, in St Mary, Lambeth,
Surrey, England
William Manley
Hulke
Lucy (Smith) Hulke
Henry
Barrett in 1848, in Huddersfield
district, Yorkshire West Riding, England
Charwoman
1884, in Huddersfield
district, Yorkshire West Riding, England, aged 59
1851: Anne Maria Barrett, wife, is aged 25, born in Lambeth, London
1861: 8 Love's Yard, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire West Riding
1871: Huddersfield,
Yorkshire West Riding
1881: 29 Front,
Gillingham, Kent
Anthony Hulke
1580
John Hulke
Mary
Mildred
Baker in 1604
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Anthony Hulke
1613
Anthony Hulke
Mildred
(Baker) Hulke
Anne Gyfford in 1631
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Benjamin Hulke
23 August 1624, in St. Leonard's,
Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
Elizabeth
Safrey on 7 October 1656 in St. Clement's, Sandwich, Kent, England
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Benjamin Hulke
Captain
14 April 1658
19 April 1658, in St. Leonard's,
Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Safrey)
Hulke
Elizabeth Jopton in 1680
Shipwright
7 February 1722/3 (OS/NS)
10 February 1722/3 (OS/NS), in St.
Leonard's, Deal, Kent, England
On 13 October 1699 the Charter
of
Deal was signed by King William III and this created Deal as a
"Borough and Market Town" separate from Sandwich. Captain Joshua Coppin
became the first mayor assisted by twelve jurats who were councilmen
appointed for life, unless they misbehaved. Benjamin was one of these
jurats. He was Mayor of Deal in 1706 and 1710 (The History of Deal, and Its Neighbourhood p321).
Deal:
Past and Present p60 (Henry Stephen Chapman, 1890)
The
Committee appointed by the assembly to draw up the memorial to the
Archbishop for the Chapel of Ease (May 24th, 1706) consisted of Mr.
Benjamin Hulke, Mayor, who was assisted by Messrs. Gerrard, Bowles,
Horn, Bletchynden and Knight.
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Benjamin Hulke
1669
George Hulke
Susan (_____)
Hulke
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Benjamin Hulke
1683
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth (Jopton) Hulke
Elizabeth
Warren in 1722
1746
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Benjamin Hulke
1697
John Hulke
Elizabeth
(Scodden) Hulke
Benjamin Hulke
11 August 1708
19 August 1708, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
Frances
Manley
Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
John served as 3rd lieutenant on the Dunkirk.
National
Maritime Museum ADM 354/157/76
Reference: ADM 354/157/76
Description:
John Clevland. The widow of Lieutenant Hulke, late of the Dunkirk, has
applied for his wages because the ship sailed before he got down to her
and he was never entered on her books. He has not been found on the
books as Lieutenant and John Wilson, 3rd Lieutenant is discharged in
November 1756 and John Wills 3rd Lieutenant was entered in February 1757
and there was no 3rd Lieutenant borne between those times so Mr Hulke
may be entered and paid as 3rd Lieutenant from the date of his
Commissione to the 10th February when he died.
Date: 1757 Oct 4
10 February 1757, of fever
12 February 1757, in Stoke by
Plymouth Churchyard
Benjamin Hulke
1722
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
1745
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Benjamin Hulke
24 February 1754
25 March 1754, in St Leonard, Deal,
Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Frances
(Manley)
Hulke
Jane Trathen on 20 August 1778, in
Stoke Damerel, Devon England
The register for this marriage describes Benjamin as “Lieutenant of His
Majesty’s ship Valiant”.
Jane died in 1787.
Officer in the Royal Navy
Benjamin was made lieutenant on 29 April 1778 (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail) and is noted at his marriage on
20 August 1778 as being a "Lieutenant of His Majesty’s ship Valiant". He
likely participated with the Valiant in the 1st
Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778. Benjamin was at the taking
of Fort Omoa in the Captaincy
General of Guatemala on 16 October 1779 (The
Gentleman's Magazine
October 1799 p900) and was the
commanding officer of the garrison left to protect it. He was promoted to
commander on 29 October 1779 (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail). The British only held the fort
until November 1779 when the garrison, which tropical diseases had reduced,
was withdrawn under threat of a Spanish counter-attack. Benjamin was
commended for his organization of the orderly retreat from the fort to the
ship Porcupine without loss of
men.
History
of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland vol 2 pp433-4
(John Andrews, 1786)
Having refused to ransom the fort, a garrison was left for its
protection on the departure of the British squadron; but as it was very
inconsiderable from the small number of men that could be spared, on
account of the various services for which they were wanted, the
Spaniards in the neighbourhood resolved to make an attempt to retake it:
they collected a body of two thousand men, with which they invested the
fort on the twenty-fifth of November. The garrison defended it with the
utmost bravery, keeping a constant fire upon the enemy, and obliging
them to retire for shelter, and take up their quarters behind a hill.
Here they made preparations for an assault; in which, from their
numbers, they made no doubt of succeeding. They summoned the garrison to
surrender, promising the honours of war, and a safe conveyance to Great
Britain, with threats of severity in case of a refusal. These demands
not being complied with, the enemy continued his operations, and made
all ready for an escalade.
In the mean time the condition of the besieged afforded no hopes
of making any effectual resistance. They were but eighty-five in number,
most of whom were, from illness and excessive fatigue, become incapable
of duty. They were now obliged to make one sentinel answer for five, by
shifting his place, and challenging five different times. They had no
surgeon to attend the sick and wounded; none but salt provisions, nor
even any water but what came from on board of a sloop of war stationed
abreast of the fort.
In this extremity they resolved, notwithstanding the menaces of
the Spanish commander, to render the place as unserviceable as they
could make it. To this purpose they spiked all the guns; and destroyed
all the ammunition and military stores that could not be carried off.
They even locked the gates of the fort; after which they embarked
without the loss of a single man.
All this was performed in defiance of the large force that
besieged them, and when duly considered, was not less a matter of
astonishment, than the very extraordinary manner in which the fort had
been taken. The officer who conducted this remarkable defence and
evacuation, was Captain Hulke of the navy.
Report on the manuscripts of Mrs. Stopford-Sackville,
of Drayton House, Northamptonshire vol 2 p280 (1910)
(3) 1779, Nov. 18, "Admiral
Penn."— Admiral Sir Peter Parker to Governor Bailing. Requesting a
sufficient number of troops to garrison the Fortress of St. Ferdinando
de Omoa, as his squadron is so much reduced, that he can no longer
spare seamen and marines from more essential service.
(4) 1779, Nov. 20.—Governor
Dalling's reply to the above that he has not sufficient troops to
garrison Omoa and would recommend that the fort be blown up.
(5) 1780, January 1.—Affidavit
by Capt. John Jacques that the Fort of St. Ferdinando de Omoa was
attacked by six or seven hundred Spaniards on or about the 24th of
November, and that the garrison, being reduced by sickness to about
seventy people, mostly negroes, and being cut off by the enemy from
their watering place, were constrained to evacuate it after having
spiked all the guns, carried off the gunpowder and other stores, and
destroyed the fortifications as far as possible. The garrison then
embarked on his Majesty's ship " Porcupine."
(6) 1779, December 3, "Pomona" Port Royal Harbour,
Rattan.—Stating that his Majesty's sloop " Porcupine" under command of
Capt. Hulke, has arrived, and that Hulke reports having been compelled
to give up Port Omoa, owing to the sickness of the garrison and of the
company. The "Porcupine" people are very sickly.''
Enclosing the letters of the Spanish commandant and the
proceedings of Capt. Hulke' s Council of War.
(7) 1779, November 27, General Quarters. Camp at Omoa.—Don Matias
de Galvez to the commander of Fort Omoa.—Explaining that the
convention for exchange of prisoners agreed on between the English
commanders and Messrs. Desmeaux and Dastier can be of no validity,
these last having no power to pledge his Catholic Majesty's word.
Advises him in friendship "to look or find out an honourable way to
quit that fort'' fearing otherwise that the garrison will suffer the
cruelties of the slave negroes and transported felons, who, on the
offer of liberty may do what the most humane orders cannot prevent.
Has a great esteem for the English nation, and "several English
friends of the first quality in London," and is ready to grant an
honourable capitulation, and to give a passport which shall be
respected by all those at war with Great Britain. Will also put on
board their vessels all kind of provisions, but nothing of any warlike
stores belonging to the fort, the cannon of which he shall expect them
not to damage.
(8) 1779, November 27.—Resolutions of
the Council of War held at Omoa by desire of the Commander-in-Chief
(Capt. Hulke), who lies very ill. There being not above thirty men in
the garrison and the ship "Porcupine" capable of doing duty, and most
of these negroes, on whom no dependance can be placed ; their officers
being two of them dead and almost all the rest ill ; it being
impossible from the position of the enemy to get either fresh
provisions or good water, and there being no prospect of speedy
relief, it is unanimously resolved that the fort shall be immediately
quitted, it being first rendered unserviceable as much as possible.
Signed, Rob. Butcher, lieutenant of the "Porcupine" ; John Brander,
captain commanding on shore ; Geo. Newcombe, gunner of the
"Porcupine." Copy.
Steel's
original and correct list of the royal navy April 1782 p14
still lists Benjamin as the captain of the sloop Porcupine,
a sloop of 16 guns, stationed in Jamaica. In April 1782, Benjamin took
command of the Duguay Trouin, a
14-gun sloop, in Jamaica (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail). The Duguay
Trouin was originally a ship of the East India Company, the Princess Royal, but had been taken by
the French and fitted out as a ship of war before being re-captured by the
British ship off Mauritius in 1780 (The British Trident p327). Steel's original and correct list of the royal navy
February 1783 p10 lists Benjamin as captain of the Guay-Trouin,
stationed in North America in February 1783. On 2 March 1783 the Duguay-Trouin,
along with the Resistance, captured
the 28-gun French corvette La Coquette
off Grand Turk
Island.
The
British Trident vol 3 pp132-3 (Archibald Duncan, 1805)
On
the 2d of March, the Resistance, of 44 guns, Captain James King, coming
through Turk's Island passage, with the Du Guay Trouin, Captain Hulk, in
company, discovered two ships at anchor, which cut their cables, got
under way, and stood to the southward. The Resistance immediately gave
chace to the stern-most ships, of 20 guns, which lost her main-top-mast,
by carrying a press of sail, and then hauled her wind. The Resistance
presently came up with her, gave her a dose from her upper-deckers, and
stood after the other ship of 28 guns, which soon after began to fire
her stern chaces, and continued so doing for about fifteen minutes, when
the Resistance running along side to leeward, she struck the white flag,
after discharging her broadside, and possession was taken of the French
king's frigate La Coquette, pierced for 28 guns, five of which had been
left ashore at Turk's Island, and carrying 200 men commanded by the
Marquis de Grasse, a nephew to the celebrated Count de Grasse. The
Resistance discharged only a few guns, and had two of her officers
wounded by the Frenchman's fire. La Coquette and her consort, were two
transports sailed from the Cape about three weeks before, with troops on
board, bound on an expedition against Turk's Island, which they reduced
and fortified, leaving a garrison of 530 men in the place.
Less than two weeks later, on 15 March 1783, Benjamin and the Duguay
Trouin captured a French prize La
Ville de Trieste, for which prize money was eventually paid out in
1788 (London Gazette 12 July 1788 p338). The Duguay Trouin was paid off in August
1783 (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail). Benjamin was captain of the Helena, 14-guns, from February 1787
until November 1788. The Helena was being re-fitted at Plymouth Dockyard and
was recommissioned for Milford when Benjamin took command, completing her
fitting in May 1787 at a cost of £1566.0.0d (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail). The ship is recorded as
stationed in the British Channel in July 1787 (Walker's Hibernian Magazine 1787 p420)
and was paid off in November 1788 (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail). Benjamin was captain of the Dromedary from October 1790, when she
was recommissioned during fitting at Deptford, until September 1791 when she
was paid off (Three
Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail), and in 1799, he was a captain in
the Impress Service, based at Dover (The Naval Chronicle 1799 p300, Life
in Nelson's Navy p122 (Dudley Pope, 1996)).
31 August 1799, in Deal, Kent,
England, of apoplexy
The
Gentleman's Magazine
October 1799 p900
31. At Deal, in Kent (of which town he was a
native), of apoplexy, aged about 48, Capt. Benjamin Hulke, of the royal
navy. He was at the taking of Fort Omoa by scalade in 1779; and was
promoted to the rank of master and commander in consequence of the bravery
and good conduct he displayed on that occasion.
5 September 1799, in St Leonard,
Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
14 August 1801, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
Merchant
Taylor's School in the City of London, entering the school in January
1812.
Register of the Scholars admitted to Merchant Taylors'
School from A.D. 1562 to 1874 vol 2 p192
(Rev. Charles J. Robinson, 1883)
Jan. 1812.
Benjamin Hulke, s. of William.
Amy Edwards (Clayson) Noakes on 25
February 1843, in Deal, Kent, England
Annual Register 1843 p205
MARRIAGES.
25. ...
— At Deal, Benjamin Hulke, esq., Solicitor, to Amy Edward Noakes,
relict of the late William Noakes., esq., of Great Mongeham, and of
Milestone House Deal.
Amy was born in 1803 in Deal, Kent, and baptised on 17 April 1803 in Deal,
the daughter of John Clayson and Elizabeth
Coleman. She was married firstly to William Noakes on 4 November 1820 in
Deal. She died on 17 February 1855, at Paddock House, Deal, Kent, and was
buried on 22 February 1855 at St Andrew, Deal.
Census:
1841: Upper Deal,
Deal, Kent
1851: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
London Morning Post 20 February 1855 p8
HULKE.—On the 17th inst., at
Paddock House, Deal, Amy Edwards, the wife of Benjamin Hulke, Esq.,
Solicitor, and Clerk of the Peace for that Borough.
Solicitor and Town Clerk.
Benjamin was town clerk for twenty-two years, and mayor of Deal in 1830.
Benjamin, along with his brother, William, and brother-in-law, John East
Dixson, are listed as "Bankers, Dealers and Chapmen" when they were declared
bankrupt on 1 December 1840 (London Gazette 26 January 1841 p233).
29 October 1858, at Paddock House,
Deal, Kent, England, aged 57
The Law Times 27 November 1858 p116
B. HULKE,
ESQ.
The late Benjamin Hulke, Esq., who died on the 29th ult. at his
residence, Paddock House, near Deal, Kent, at the age of 57, was for many
years a respected inhabitant of that town. He was born in 1801, educated
at Merchant Tailors’ School in the City of London. He held the office of
town clerk for twenty-two years. He was married to the widow of W. Noakes,
Esq., but left no issue.
2 November 1858, in St Andrew, Deal,
Kent
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1852: Paddock House, Deal, Kent (The Poll for the Knights of the Shire to Represent the
Eastern Division of Kent in Parliament 16 and 17 July 1852 p90)
1855: Paddock House, Deal, Kent (London Morning Post 20 February 1855 p8)
1858: Paddock House, Deal, Kent (The Law Times 27 November 1858 p116)
Benjamin Hulke
9 September 1820 in Surrey, England
22 October 1820, in St George the
Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England
William Manley
Hulke
Lucy (Smith) Hulke
Merchant Navy Seaman
Huddersfield Chronicle 13 September 1851
(transcribed by Keith Rothery)
A JACK TAR ASHORE ON A LAND CRUISE.—Benjamin
Hulke, a sailor, was charged by Inspector Brier with being drunk and
disorderly in Lockwood's Yard, on the night of the 2nd instant. It
appeared that Jack had just returned from a long voyage, and intending no
doubt to astonish the “land lubbers,” he sallied out towards dusk on the
2nd instant, with a stiff breeze and full canvass. During the night he
“boxed the compass,” and having “spliced the main brace” in company with a
brother – though unfortunately not a brother “chip,” - he found himself at
midnight, drifted amongst the rocks and shoals of his paternal
“homestead,” in Lockwood's Yard. He there “layed too,” and held out a flag
of truce to a couple of lazy land lubbers, “hailing” by the names of
Gledhill and Atkinson, who had reeled topsails for a squall, when, from an
unfortunate obliquity of vision as to “Jack’s” real colours, they cleared
for action, and immediately afterwards brought him on his “beam-ends” by
a “crack on the head.” Jack could not stand this, and coming to close
quarters, he let fire in gallant style, but when on the point of
“boarding” the enemy, up came the “blues,” and walked him off to “Chokey,”
where he dropped anchor for the night, furled his sails until the storms
of his land cruise were calmed, and then awoke from his dreams of “Jack on
Spree” to find himself “Jack in Quod.” Jack, on being “hauled” up, pleaded
guilty, begged their Honours' pardon, was fined 2s. 6d. and expenses; and
has since, we believe, re-shipped on a cruise where there is plenty of
blue but no “blues” or “Chokey.”
1861: Lockwood, Yorkshire West Riding: Benjamin Hulke, head, is aged 41,
born in London, Middlesex
Bertha Backhouse (Hulke) Leney
25 August 1865, in Deal, Kent,
England
19 October 1865, in St Andrew,
Deal, Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Alfred
Charles Leney on 27 October 1887, in St Andrew, Deal, Kent, England
Alfred Charles Leney is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27, living in Buckland.
He is the son of Alfred Leney, brewer. Bertha Backhouse Hulke is recorded as
a spinster, aged 22, living in Deal. She is the daughter of Frederick Thomas
Hulke, Bachelor of Medicine. The marriage was witnessed by Harry Leney,
Lewis L. B. Hulke and Charlotte Hulke
Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers'
Gazette 5 November 1887
27th Oct, at St Andrew’s, Deal, Alfred Charles
(Fred), eldest son of Alfred Leney, Esq., of Buckland House, Dover, to
Bertha Backhouse, third daughter of the late Frederick Thomas Hulke, M.B.
Lond., Admiralty House, Deal.
Dover
Express and East Kent News Friday 4 November 1887
MARRIAGE OF MR A. C. LENEY
On Thursday a large congregation assembled at St. Andrew’s Deal, to
witness the marriage of Miss Bertha Backhouse Hulke, third daughter of the
late Frederick Thomas Hulke, M.B., Lond., of Admiralty House, Deal, to Mr.
A. C. Leney of Buckland House, Dover. The ceremony, which was choral, was
performed by the Rev. C. E. S. Woolmer, Vicar of Sidcup, assisted by the
Rev. R. Patterson, Rector of St. Andrew’s. The bride, who was attired in
an exquisite gown of rich white satin with court train, pearl ornaments,
and passementerie, and a long tulle veil, carried a bouquet of gardenias,
stephanotis, and other white flowers, and wore a gold bangle with a
diamond horseshoe, both the gift of the bridegroom. The bride was given
away by her brother, Mr. Lewis I. B. Hulke, (the Buffs); her bridesmaids
were her four sisters, the Misses Edith, Mabel, Dora and Jessie Hulke, and
Miss Florence Leney, sister of the bridegroom. They wore stylish gowns of
white Indian silk and gold braid, and white straw sailor hats trimmed with
white ribbon and tulle; each carried a handsome bouquet of white and
yellow flowers, and wore a gold bangle with horseshoe of pearls, the gifts
of the bridegroom. Mr. Henry Leney, brother of the bridegroom, acted as
best man. The presents, which were very numerous and costly, included a
case of nut crackers and plated tea-caddy, from the servants of Admiralty
House, plaited marmalade jars and cruet from the servants at Buckland
House, a Wedgewood afternoon tea service and a pair of Golconds ware
vases, from Mr. Leney’s Dover employees, silver cigar-case from Mr.
Leney’s London staff, and salt cellars from one of their old servants.
10 November 1955, at 11 Godwyn Road,
Folkestone, Kent, England, aged 90
Dover
Express 18 November 1955
Death of Mrs. A. C.
Leney.
Widow of Mr. A. C. Leney, of Dover, Garden House, Saltwood, and
Rhodes House, Sellenge, Mrs. Bertha Backhouse Leney died at 11, Godwyn
Road, Folkestone, on Thursday last week in her 91st year.
Third daughter of Dr. Frederick Hulke, who lived at Admiralty
House, Deal, she married Mr. Leney in 1887, and they celebrated their
diamond wedding in 1947.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs Algernon Pearson, of
Coolville house, Clogheen, and Mrs. Raymond Grubb, of Castle Grace,
Clogheen.
The funeral took place privately at Charing Crematorium on Monday.
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1891: Waterloo
Crescent, St James the Apostle, Kent
1901: Salisbury
Road, Dover, Kent
1911: Saltwood, Kent: Bertha Backhouse Leney is aged 44, born in Deal, Kent
Catherine Hulke
1731
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
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Celeb Hulke
1587
John Hulke
Mary
1607
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Charles Hulke
1711
William Hulke
Anne (_____) Hulke
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Charles Hulke
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Charles Hulke (1886)
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4 May 1836, in Deal, Kent, England
8 June 1836, in Deal, Kent, England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
Faversham Grammar School, in
England, and subsequently he received instruction at the hands of the
Moravian Brothers, in Germany.
Ellen Clarissa Collins, on 25 July
1855, in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Te Henui, Taranaki, New Zealand
Taranaki Herald 1 August 1855 p2
MARRIED.
On the 25th inst., at the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Te Henui, by the
Rev. J. LONG, Mr CHARLES HULKE
to ELLEN, daughter of WILLIAM COLLINS
Esq., of Te Henui.
- Charles Manly Victor William Hulke (1862 - 1862)
The marriage ended in 1862 when Ellen had an indiscreet affair with Henry
Mosely Muttit. The following year she had a daughter, Priscilla Maude Hulke,
whose birth certificate lists Henry Mosely as the father. In 1864, Charles
sued Henry Mosely Muttit for criminal conduct, and was awarded twenty-five
pounds damages.
Wellington Independent 21 June 1864 p3
SUPREME COURT.
CIVIL SITTINGS.
Saturday, June 18, 1864.
His Honor took his seat on the bench at a few minutes past 10
o'clock.
CRIM. CON.
HULKE v. MUTTIT.
The following gentlemen were empannelled as a special jury:—
Messrs H. Bethune, J. Bridges, C. D. Barraud, J. H. Wallace, W. Hickson,
G. Moore, T. Kebbell, R. S. Ledger, J. Martin, E. A. Owen, E. Pearce, J.
Pharazyn, Esq (foreman).
This case, which created considerable interest, was an action
raised by the plaintiff Charles Hulke, a Lieutenant in a Volunteer
Company at Wanganui, against Henry Mosely Muttit, a Lieutenant in the
57th stationed there, for adultery with his (the plaintiff's) wife. The
circumstances are fully disclosed in the following report of the
evidence.
Messrs Izard and Hart appeared for the plaintiff; Messrs Borlase
and Allen for the defendant.
Mr Izard stated the case to the jury, and called
John Clark, deposed—I am a soldier of the 57th stationed at
Wanganui. I know Mr Hulke. He lives neur Wanganui. He is a lieutenant in
the Volunteers. I know Henry Muttit. He is a lieutenant in the 57th. I
lived with him as servant till March. I know Mrs Hulke. I saw her at
Muttit's house in March 1863. I do not know the day of the month. I saw
her in the sitting room, having breakfast with Mr Muttit. I did not see
her the night before. She stayed the whole of the day. She stayed all
night. There are only two bedrooms in the house, mine and master's. Mrs
Hulke did not sleep in my room. I took master's bath to his room in the
morning, I saw some females' clothes lying on the floor. I saw the same
clothes on Mrs Hulke at breakfast time. I also saw a brooch which I
afterwards saw on Mrs Hulke's breast at breakfast. Mr Muttit told me not
to give the woman any short answer, as she was of a respectable family.
Cross-examined by Mr Borlase—I knew Mrs Hulke before that time. I
have not seen much of her. I was at a soldier's ball in July, 1862. Mrs
Hulke was there. It was at Kell's public house. Her husband was not
there. I know him by sight. I did not speak to her at the ball. I left
Mr Muttit in the latter end of March, or the middle of it. I had never
spoken to Mrs Hulke. I saw her on the night of the ball dancing with a
soldier.
Hugh Gowrman, sworn—I am a soldier in the 57th stationed at
Wanganui. I knew defendant and plaintiff. I have been in Mr Muttit's
service. I went soon after John Clark left. I saw Mrs Hulke at Mr
Muttit's house about three or four days after I arrived. It was about
twilight. She had her bonnet and shawl off. I saw her in the sitting
room. I saw her about a week after, she then stopped two days. I saw her
about 7 o'clock in the morning. I saw her about 9 o'clock the night
before. I went to master's room in the morning to take his bath. I saw a
woman's dress on a chair. I afterwards saw Mrs Hulke wear it. She did
not leave till the second day. I went as usual to my master's room the
next morning. I saw the same clothes. The second time she came, about a
week afterwards, I saw Mrs Hulke in the bedroom. She was undressed and
in bed. Mr Muttit was in the room. I hoard him address her as Mrs Hulke.
Cross examined by Mr Borlase—I knew Mrs Hulke when she came. I
was not at the soldier's ball. I knew her when she staid at Mr Kells'. I
knew nothing of her conduct. Her husband was not staying there at the
time she lived at Kell's.
William Wyborne, sworn—I am a farmer residing at Wanganui. I know
Mr Hulke. I have known him five or six years. I know his relatives, they
are in a good position, residing at Deal, in Kent. I do not know the age
of Mr Hulke, but he is a young man. His father is a doctor. I am a
married man, and frequently visited at Hulke's house. Mr and Mrs Hulke
lived on good terms together. I never heard them have any differences
between them. They have had two children in Wanganui, both are dead.
Sometime in April, 1863 Mrs Hulke left her husband for good. Mr Hulke
left his own house immediately after she left. He went to live with Mr
Holder. Mr Hulke is a Lieutenant of Volunteers. He was a schoolmaster.
He had about twenty scholars.
Cross-examined by Mr Borlase—Mr Hulke lived two or two and a half
miles from Wanganui. I lived three quarters of a mile from him. I
visited him constantly. I don't remember Mrs Hulke being absent at any
time. I remember her going to New Plymouth about twelve months ago last
Christmas. She was away about five or six weeks. I did not see her when
she lived at Kells'
Re-examined by Mr Hart—I know Mrs Hulke's relations. They live at
New Plymouth. Their name is Collins. I do not know in what position in
life they are.
Edward Newing, sworn—I am a farmer residing at Wanganui, about
half a mile from Mr Hulke's. I have known him four years, and been in
the habit of visiting him. I know his family. They live at Deal. His
father is a medical gentleman Mr Hulke and his wife lived on amicable
terms. I have never seen anything to the contrary of being affectionate.
Mr Hulke's manner was that of a kind and affectionate husband. Mrs Hulke
is about twenty-six or twenty-eight years old—and she is about the same
age. I do not know Mrs Hulke's parents. I know some of her relatives in
England. They are in a respectable position. They are living on their
means.
Cross-examined by Mr Borlase—I constantly visited at Mr Hulke's.
I have seen Mrs Hulke at Wanganui in the street.
This concluded the plaintiff's case.
Mr Borlase addressed the Court at some length for the defendant
and proceeded to call
Bedford Sheriff, sworn—I am a trooper in the W.D.F. I lived at
Wanganui up to about seven weeks ago. I lived near Mr Hulke's. I have
seen Mrs Hulke often before March. I am a bachelor. My partner lived
with me at the house I was formerly a farmer. Mrs Hulke has come to our
house both with and without her husband. She has been there in the
evening, and stopped till her husband came home. I did not know that she
lived with any one in Wanganui. I have not seen her much.
By the Court—Her husband knew she came to my house. Wilson (my
partner) is a steady man.
John Kells sworn—I was a publican at Wanganui in 1862 and
part of 1863. I remember a ball in July at my house. I know Mrs Hulke.
She came to lodge with me. Her husband was not with her. I noticed her
conduct. It was good. I twice gave her notice to leave my house. My
dislike to female lodgers in the house was the only reason.
By the Court—We never got paid for her board.
Cross-examined by Mr Izard—I remember Mrs Hulko receiving a
letter from her husband. She shewed it to me, and in consequence of its
contents, I turned her out of the house. I am a married man. The ball
was respectably conducted in every respect. The visitors were
principally soldiers. Some of the officers were there.
Re-examined by Mr Borlase—This was a ball got up by the soldiers.
Arthur Wicksteed, sworn—I am a lieutenant in the Wanganui
Militia. I have lived in Wanganui 12 years. I know both. Mr and Mrs
Hulke. I was staying a good deal in Wanganui at the house of an officer
of —— Regt. The officer was a bachelor. I have seen Mrs Hulke there
repeatedly. I have seen her there both night and day. I have seen her
there without her bonnet and shawl.
By the Court—Her conduct while there was that of a mistress. I
have seen her take the wine from the table when she considered my friend
had had enough, and from that and other things, I concluded she must be
his mistress. I have often slept at the house. I have seen Mrs Hulke
there on successive days. There are four or five rooms in the house.
When I stayed there all night I slept on a truckle, or soldier's bed. I
have seen Mrs Hulke late at night there, and as early as nine o'clock in
the morning.
Re-examined by Mr Borlase:—I saw Mrs Hulke at the soldiers' ball,
at Mr Kells' public house. Her conduct was most disgraceful. She was
dancing with soldiers, kissing them and acting in a disgraceful manner
for respectable married woman.
By the Court.—She was both kissing the soldiers and being kissed
by them at the ball. Some officers looked in at the window but did not
go into the room. I did, but did not stay many minutes.
Re-examined by Mr Borlase,—I left about half-past nine or ten
o'clock. I have seen Mrs Kells. and Mrs Hulke together. I saw Mrs Kells
turn her out of the bar on one occasion for kissing a soldier. Mrs Hulke
said “Oh! never mind, Mrs Kells, no one saw it.” Mrs Kells replied “Yes,
Atty Wicksteed did.” I was lying on the sofa in the parlor off the bar.
[The witness here gratuitously informed the Court that his name was
Arthur, but that his more familiar friends called him “Atty.” He also
assured all concerned* that he and his friend were considered “wild
fellows,” in fact regular “Don Juans.”]
His Honor at the conclusion of this witnesses’ evidence remarked
that he ought to have known better than to implicate the names of
gentlemen in this case who were not in Court to defend themselves from
imputation.
[We have purposely omitted the name of the officer referred to in
the above evidence, believing, with the learned judge, that it would be
exceedingly unfair to mix up the name of any person in a case like this,
particularly when absent.]
Michael Boyle sworn—I am a soldier of the 57th. I remember the
ball at Kells’ I was there. I know Mrs Hulke. She was at the ball. I
danced with her. About eleven or twelve o’clock I went outside. I saw a
man »nd woman lying down in the yard. They were lying near the stable on
some loose hay and straw. Mrs Hulke was the woman.
By the Court—I know positively Mrs Hulke was the woman. When I
went into the yard I heard a voice say, “who's that.” The same voice
spoke to me as I was entering the house. I said, “all right.” Mrs Hulke,
as she passed, was arranging her hair.
By Mr Borlase—I know Mr Hulke. He was not at the ball.
Cross-examined by Mr Izard—It was between eleven and twelve
o’clock at night. It was a bright night. I was close to them when I saw
them, so close that I touched the man with my foot. I have not been in
the service of the defendant, only since I came down here. I have spoken
to Mr Muttit about this in Wanganui. Mr Muttit never gave me a watch or
promised me one. I never received a promise that anything would be done
for me for giving this evidence, I do not expect to get paid.
Mr Borlase then read the following letter,—
No. 1 Line, Wanganui,
July
14, 1862.
To MRS. C. HULKE—
MADAM,—Some few weeks ago, I informed you that
unless you changed your line of conduct I should be compelled to effect
a separation. I presume that your are aware that you have disgraced
yourself, that it is impossible for me to look upon you as my wife; and,
therefore, I have resolved to allow you the sum of £20 (twenty pounds
sterling) per annum, with sole right to all property you may legally
possess or that may revert to you hereafter on condition of your signing
a deed of separation. Please to send me the name of your legal advisers,
as well as the name in full of the third party who will act as your
trustee, in order that I may get the necessary documents prepared.
Further comment is unnecessary. Your clothes and personal effects shall
be sent to you.
Charles HULKE,
Wanganui.
To Mrs. C. Hulke,
at J. Kells’, York Hotel.
Mr Borlase then addressed the jury on the evidence.
This closed the case for the defendant.
Mr Izard replied on the whole.
His Honor summed up the case to the Jury very briefly. He
remarked that an attempt had been made on the part of the counsel for
the defendant, to prove that the plaintiff Mr Hulke had condoned a
previous offence of a similar character to that which was the subject of
the present action and that therefore he did not come into court with
clean hands on the present occasion. He (the learned Judge) considered
that the evidence failed to prove that the plaintiff had been aware of
his wife s previous guilt, or that he had in any way sanctioned it
knowingly. In fact he appeared to have acted justly throughout. No
condonation of other adulteries had been established. The defendant’s
conduct had been of a disgraceful character, and scarcely befitting one
who held a commission in her Majesty's service, still he did not think,
the character of the woman being taken into consideration, that the
plaintiff had suffered a serious loss. It was however for the Jury to
determine whether they would award substantial or nominal damages. He
felt it his duty to notice the manner in which Arthur Wicksteed, one of
the defendant’s witnesses had given his evidence. The levity and
flippancy with which he spoke of his own proceedings, as well as of the
acts of others not present, was excessively unseemly. With these remarks
he would leave the case in the hands of the Jury.
The following were the issues presented to the Jury,—
1. Was the said Ellen Clarissa married at the time of the
trespass In the declaration mentioned the wife of the plaintiff.
2. Did the defendant debauch and carnally known the said Ellen
Clarissa as in the declaration mentioned.
3. Were the said Ellen Clarissa and the plaintiff, at the time of
the said trespass finally separated from each by agreement between them.
IN MITIGATION OF DAMAGES.
4. Was the plaintiff voluntarily living apart from the said Ellen
Clarissa at the time of the said trespass.
Had the plaintiff at the time of the said trespass abandoned the
said Ellen Clarissa, and refused to supply her with the means of
maintenance and support.
6. To what damages, (if any,) is the plaintiff entitled.
After a short consultation the Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff on all the issues, damages £25.
The Court then granted a certificate for a Special Jury.
This case closed the Civil Sittings.
A similar report on this court case appeared in the Daily Southern Cross 24 June 1864 p6. The
sad affair has a degree of irony in that Charles's father, William Hulke was
on the opposite end of another high profile criminal conduct suit in 1816 (Bells Weekly Messenger 16 June 1816 p189 )
in which William was found guilty of the seduction of the wife of Admiral
Sir Edward Owen.
Farmer in early life and then a
teacher. In 1863, Charles was appointed in charge of the Kaitoke School in
Wanganui for thirteen years, then at Foxton school for seven.
Wanganui Chronicle 21 December 1881 p2
The
Foxton School.—We regret to learn that Foxton is likely to lose one of
its best and staunchest friends, Mr C. Hulke, the master of the Foxton
school, who has sold his property, and intends leaving for Europe, via
Melbourne, early in the new year. We understand the purchaser of his
property is Mr W. G. Robinson.
After a 2 year visit to Europe from 1882 to 1884 (arriving
back in Wellington on 17 January 1884 aboard the Aorangi),
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Staff of Newtown School in 1886. Charles
Hulke is seated, center
photo from scanned by Tom Law for the
125th Anniversary celebrations of Newtown School posted on flickr.com
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Charles was appointed as assistant-master at Thorndon school in Wellington,
then assistant-master at Newtown school, headmaster at Kilbirnie school and
finally headmaster at Newtown school in Wellington, serving there from
January 1887 until his death in 1898.
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand p379 (1897)
The
Newtown Public School, situated in Eiddiford Street, is the
largest school in the City of Wellington...
Mr. Charles Hulke,
the Headmaster, resides in Normanby Street. He was born in Deal, Kent,
and was educated at the Faversham Grammar School, in England, and
subsequently received instruction at the hands of the Moravian Brothers,
in Germany. Mr. Hulke came out to New Zealand as early as 1853, arriving
in Auckland, from which place he “walked overland to New Plymouth,
without experiencing any difficulties in connection with the natives,
his opinion than being that New Zealand was the jolliest place in the
world. He reached New Plymouth on the 21st of September, just about the
time that the ship “Joseph Fletcher” was landing her passengers,
including such well-known men as Archdeacon Stock, Carrick, and others.
After remaining in Taranaki for some two or three years, Mr. Hulks
removed to Wellington, and for some time engaged in farming pursuits.
About 1861 he began teaching, and in 1863 was appointed to the charge of
the Kaitoke School at Wanganui, which position he retained for thirteen
years. In 1875 he was appointed to the Foxton School, and here he
remained until he made up his mind to pay a visit to the land of his
youth, and in 1882 started for Europe. He visited the educational
establishments, and inspected mines and museums, and many places of
scholastic note, in the interests of education. Mr. Hulke remained in
Europe for two years, and had two sessions of study at the School of
Mines in London, after completing which he returned to the Colony, and
accepted the position of assistant-master at the Thorndon School,
Wellington. After a year at this school, he occupied a similar position
at the Newtown School, and from there was appointed to the charge of the
Kilbirnie School. A year later he accepted his present position,
entering upon his duties in January, 1887, and during the seven years
Mr. Hulke has directed the affairs of this large school, the attendance
has more than doubled. He is an enthusiastic analyst, and has fitted up
for himself a large laboratory with all the latest appliances and
improvements, including Professor Frankland's water analysing apparatus,
the most recent arrangement for gas analysis, and the latest improvement
in milk-testers, including one he has just imported from Messrs. Leffman
and Beam. In use in his laboratory, Mr. Hulke has one of the finest
balances that have been invented, by Oertling, of London, which is
capable of weighing to the ten thousandth part of fifteen grains. In the
interest of the health of the Newtown folks—more particularly the little
people—Mr. Hulke has taken upon himself the duty of testing the milk
supplied to the residents in his locality, and the result is that the
milk suppliers have raised the standard of the milk throughout the
entire district, to the benefit of all concerned. Mr. Hulke has fitted
up all the chemical cases which are supplied by the Board of Education
to the various City schools, and has also seen to the batteries which
are likewise provided. He takes a great interest in the amusements of
his young charges, and is nearly as enthusiastic over football and
cricket as he is over his one great hobby, analytical chemistry.
Evening Post 23 March 1885 p3
EVENING CLASSES
for Chemistry (theoretical and practical) will be opened early next
month, at my Laboratory, Riddiford-street, Newtown.
C. HULKE, F.C.S.S.,
Lond. and
Germany.
An excellent biographical account of Charles's life entitles "Charles
Hulke and the golden age of the gentleman amateur" can be found at
UNDERGROUND HISTORY - A peek below the surface at Karori Cemetery.
In 1857, George Oliver published a
formal retraction of an accusation made by his wife that Charles Hulke had
been involved in the burning down of his house in November 1856.
Taranaki Herald 28 February 1857 p2
To
the Editor of the Taranaki Herald.
SIR,—A report having been circulated by Mrs George Oliver of the
Mangorei, charging me with having set fire to their house, which was
burnt down on the 15th November last, when I placed the matter in the
hands of my Solicitor to demand a public apology for making such a
statement—I enclose a copy of such apology for publication.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES HULKE.
Mangorei, 24th February 1857.
[Copy.] Mangorei, 30th January 1857.
Dear Sir,—With reference to your note of the 27th inst., there is
no reason whatever for any one saying that Mr Charles Hulke was
concerned in the burning of my house, and that no person regrets more
than Mrs Oliver having said in the moment of excitement after such a
disaster implicating him in such an act.
Remaining, dear Sir,
Yours truly,
G.
OLIVER.
F. Norris, Esq.
30 October 1898, in Wellington, New
Zealand, from failure of the heart's action and disease of the heart and
lungs.
Otago Daily Times 22 November 1898 p6
A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
WELLINGTON, October 31.
Mr C. Hulke, headmaster of the Newtown School, was found dead
to-day. He lived by himself, and, not appearing at school, a visit was
made to his house, where he was found in bed, having apparently been
dead for some time. He was one of the best known teachers in Wellington.
The death is supposed to have been due to heart disease, but Mr Hulke's
friends were not aware that he had any weakness of the heart, and it was
his boast that he never had a day's illness all his life. He was seen
about in his usual health yesterday afternoon, but two visitors who
called at the house last night could get no response to their knocking.
The appearance of the body points to his having had a seizure of some
kind.
About a fortnight ago Mr Hulke gave some private papers into the
keeping of a friend of his, and on these being opened this afternoon
they were found to comprise Mr Hulke's will and a memorandum giving a
number of singular directions. After referring to his financial
position, which shows a credit balance, deceased says:—“I want one of
the plainest funerals possible, and mind no one is to follow me. Of
course there will be an inquest, and Mr Ashcroft (coroner) need only
call Mrs and Miss —— to know my sentiments, which I have freely
expressed to them since January last. I hope Mr —— will now be
satisfied.” He concluded by directing how his personal effects are to be
disposed of. The document was dated June 18, 1898. The chairman of the
school committee received a letter this morning, written by deceased, in
which the latter thanked the committee for the kindly consideration they
had always shown him, and asking that the disposition of certain books
should be made to the teachers connected with the school. These letters
were taken to indicate that deceased had premeditated taking his life,
but it is understood the suicide theory is not borne out by the post
mortem which was made this afternoon.
November 1.
At the inquest on the body of Mr Hulke, teacher, the coroner
stated that an adjournment would probably be necessary in order to have
an analysis of the stomach, as the medical testimony might not be
conclusive. Several witnesses gave evidence as to statements made by
deceased which might imply either a presentiment of coming death or
suicidal intention. Dr Tripe, who made the post mortem examination, said
that the lungs and heart were diseased, but there was no sign of
irritant poison. He would say that death was due to failure of the
heart, from a diseased heart and lungs. A person in Mr Hulke's condition
might go off at any time. The evidence of Mr Davidson, one of Mr Hulke's
intimate friends, showed that he had frequently made use in witness's
hearing of the expression “When I go, I'll go very quickly. I won't
trouble anyone with a long illness.”
A few weeks ago he remarked he felt he was breaking up, and that
his heart was far gone. The mistress of Newtown School deposed that
deceased had often said he would never go through a long illness. For.
years he had said this, not particularly of late. He said he would do
away with himself rather than have people bothering about him in an
illness. Only last week he said that “the first day he did not come to
school they would know he was dead.” He was eccentric, and always
worried a great deal about small matters. Another of the teachers gave
evidence that last Wednesday deceased said he wanted to see the
examination over, and “Then he had a presentiment he was going to die.”
He had frequently hinted that he would hasten his own end, and said he
had something at home which would help him away. Dr Tripe, who made the
post mortem, said all appearances pointed to death from natural causes.
He did not think an analysis of the stomach would clear the matter up.
The inquest was adjourned till Saturday to allow of an analysis of the
stomach being made.
November 5.
At the adjourned inquest on the body of Mr Hulke, school teacher,
Mr Skey said there was no evidence of poison in the intestines. The jury
returned a verdict that according to the evidence of Dr Tripe and Mr
Skey, there was no proof that deceased died from any other cause than
failure of the heart's action. The coroner objected to the verdict
pointing to any particular part of the evidence, and also to its
negative form, and, after discussion, a verdict was given in a direct
form—namely, “That, being bound by the medical evidence, the jury find
that deceased died from failure of the heart's action and disease of the
heart and lungs.”
Taranaki Herald 3 November 1898 p2
The late Mr Charles Hulke, whose death occurred at Wellington at the
beginning of the week, came to New Zealand in 1853, and followed farming
pursuits for a time in the Taranaki district, but in 1861 he entered the
teaching profession, and afterwards took service under the Wellington
Education Board. The New Zea'and Times publishes a highly appreciative
notice of the deceased gentleman, who “refused to be trammelled by
standards, his method being a thorough grounding with an eye to each
child's future career, even though failure was writ large on the
examination sheets pro tem., and the capitation was thereby diminished.
The object lesson which he unwittingly (or perhaps not unwittingly) gave
when in charge at Thorndon of pupils failing in class subjects one year
and harvesting the bulk of scholarship awards the next will not soon be
forgotten by the Wellington educational authorities. The death of a man
of the calibre and attainments of Mr Hulke practically causes an
irreparable breach. He had that rare and potent faculty, which so many
teachers lack, of readily transmitting to his pupils, of whatever
degree, the piled-up riches of his master mind.”
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
1899 p720
SIXTH MEETING : 22nd November,
1898.
Sir W. L. Buller in the chair.
The Chairman called attention to the death of the late Mr.
Charles Hulke.
He said he was sure that every member would deplore the loss of
so active a member of the Society. He was a former President, and
always took a great interest in the proceedings. He had known Mr.
Hulke personally for twenty years, and could speak of him as a
thoroughly conscientious and honourable man. He was a perfect
enthusiast in his profession—that of a teacher—and was well informed
on almost every subject. He was an excellent analytical chemist, and
did much useful practical work in that line. He was a good German
linguist, and one of the earliest volumes of their Transactions
contained, he believed, his translation of Dr. Otto Finsch's pamphlet,
being a criticism of his (Sir W. Buller’s) Essay on the Ornithology of
New Zealand. Mr. Hulke's last appearance among them was at the
conversazione held at the Museum in the early part of the session. He
appeared then to be in perfect health, and he remembered him making
some very original observations on the live tuataras exhibited on that
occasion in the Maori House. By his death at a comparatively early age
the Society had sustained a serious loss.
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Grave of Charles Hulke in Karori
cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
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2 November 1898, in Karori
cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand. The grave is in the Public Section,
plot 16K
The simple inscription on the headstone reads:
To the Memory of
Charles Hulke F.C.S.
Died 30 October 1898
Erected by a few friends
Evening Post 2 November 1898 p4
The
remains of Mr. Chas. Hulke were privately interred in the Karori
Cemetery this morning. Only two carriages followed the hearse. The
first contained Mr. H. Davidson (executor of deceased's estate), the
Rev. Wm. Shirer (who performed the burial service), Mr. J. P. Luke
(Chairman of the Newtown School Committee), and Mr. C. Bary (first
assistant master of the school) and the second Mr. Colin Campbell
(captain of the Melrose Football Club, of which Mr. Hulke was
President for the 1897-98 term), and Messrs. J. W. Davis, A. Campbell,
and L. Warwick. Some hundreds of scholars were drawn up in front of
the Newtown School, and great was the disappointment when they were
told they could not follow the funeral. Nearly every child carried
either a wreath or a bunch of flowers. As they could not follow the
hearse, the teachers of the school marshalled the children and took
them by another route to the cemetery, and as the cortége
entered the gates the scholars formed a double line through which the
carriages passed. Handsome wreaths were sent by the teaching staff of
the Newtown School, the German Liedertafel, the Melrose Football Club,
and friends of the deceased. The Victoria Rebekah Lodge, I.O.O.F., at
its regular meeting last night— the N.G., Sister Fulton,
presiding—expressed deep regret at the death of Mr C. Hulke, who was
an old member of the lodge. At last night's meeting of city ratepayers
at Newtown the Chairman (Mr. C. M. Luke) made sympathetic reference to
the late Mr. Hulke. He pointed out how much the deceased gentleman had
identified himself with the interests of Newtown, and how
affectionately he was regarded by the children, and concluded by
moving a vote of sympathy with the deceased's relations and dearest
friends. The motion was agreed to, all present standing as a mark of
respect.
Wanganui Herald 10 December 1898 p2
Amongst the estates placed in the hands of the Public Trustee during
November was that of the late C. Hulke, Newtown, £1560.
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1897: Normanby Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Charlotte Backhouse (Hulke) Hannam
1863, in Deal, Kent, England
3 June 1863, in St Andrew, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Philip
James Hannam on 28 April 1886, in St Andrew, Deal, Kent, England
Philip James Hannam is recorded as a bachelor, aged 32, the son of Henry
Jessard Hannam, esquire. He is living in Burcot, Dorchester and his
occupation is listed as esquire. Charlotte Backhouse Hulke is recorded as a
spinster, of Deal, aged 23, the daughter of Frederick Thomas Hulke, Bachelor
of Medicine. The marriage was witnessed by Charlotte Hulke, E. B. Hulke,
Frederick Backhouse Hulke and F. D. Hodgson.
Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers'
Gazette 8 May 1886
HANNAM—HULKE.—On the 28th April, at St.
Andrew’s, Deal, Philip J, youngest son of the late H. J. Hannam, of
Burcots House, Oxon, to Charlotte Backhouse, eldest daughter of the late
Fred. Thos. Hulke, M.B. Lond., of Admiralty House, Deal.
Known as "Lottie"
1938, in Watford
district, Hertfordshire, England, aged 75
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: 4 A. Crescent, Camberwell,
Surrey
1901: Ballards
Lane, Finchley, Middlesex
1911: Watford Urban, Hertfordshire: Charlotte Backhouse Hannam is aged 47,
born in Deal, Kent
Dora Backhouse (Hulke, Noble) McFarlane
1875, in Deal, Kent, England
14 April 1875, in St. Andrew, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Hugh Percy Noble on 1 June
1905 at St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London, England
The Lancet 10 June 1905 p1623
MARRIAGES.
NOBLE –
HULKE.—On June 1st, 1905, at St Mary Abbots, Kensington,
by the Rev. Canon Pennefather, vicar of the parish, assisted by the Rev.
Arthur Armitstead, vicar of All Saints, East Finchley, Hugh Percy Noble,
M.B., B.S. Lond., son of Samuel Clarke Noble, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A.
Lond., of Kendal, Westmorland, to Dora Backhouse, fifth daughter of the
late Frederick Thomas Hulke, M.B. Lond., of Admiralty House, Deal, and
of Mrs. F. T. Hulke of 162, Holland-road, Kensington.
Hugh was born in 1872 in Kendal, Westmorland, and baptised on 20 August 1872
in St Thomas, Kendal, the son of Samuel Clarke Noble and Mary Ellen
Wetherell. Hugh was an anaesthetist and surgeon. He died on 15 May 1922, in
Stratton
district, Cornwall.
Census:
1881:
Stricklandgate, Kendal, Westmoreland
1891:
Charterhouse Square, St Botolph Aldersgate, London
1901: Queen Anne
Street, St Marylebone, London
1911: St Marylebone, London: Hugh Percy Noble is aged 38, born in Kendal,
Westmoreland
David McFarlane in 1922 in Paddington
district, London, England
25 January 1954, in Hampstead
district, London, aged 79
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1891: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1901: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1911: Paddington, London: Dora Backhouse Noble is age 34, born in Deal, Kent
1954: 57 Marlborough Mansions, Canon Hill, London (London Gazette 4 May 1954 p2664)
Edith Backhouse (Hulke) Spreat
1864, in Deal, Kent, England
2 September 1864, in St. Andrews
Church, Deal, Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Frank
Arthur Spreat on 9 July 1890, in Kensington
district, London, England
23 June 1948, at Areneg, Oakleigh
Park North, Friern Barnet, Middlesex, aged 84
The Times 25 June 1948
On June 23,
1948, Edith Backhouse, of Burrington, Oakleigh Avenue, Whetstone, N.20.
widow of F. A. Spreat, F.R.C.S. Funeral privately, at St. James' Church,
Friern Barnet Lane, N.11, to-day (Friday), at 2.30 p.m. No mourning.
25 June 1948, at St James's
Church, Friern Barnet Lane, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Spreat Edith Backhouse of Burrington
Oakleigh-avenue Whetstone Middlesex widow died 23 June at at Areneg
Oakleigh Park North Friern Barnet Middlesex Probate London 29 October to
Shirley Hulke Spreat architect and Joyce Hulke Spreat spinster. Effects
£5700 17s.
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1891: The Firs,
Oakleigh Park, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
1901: Clydesdale,
Oakleigh Park, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
1911: Burrington, Oakleigh Park, Friern Barnet, Middlesex: Edith Backhouse
Spreat is aged 46, born in Deal, Kent
1948: Burrington, Oakleigh Avenue, Whetstone, Middlesex
(National Probate Calendar)
Edward Hulke
1776
Elizabeth Hulke
1776
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Eleanor (_____) Hulke
William Hulke
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Eleanor Hulke
1722
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
1753
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Elizabeth Hulke
1599
Robert Hulke
Gene
(Barber) Hulke
1603
Elizabeth (_____) Hulke
John Hulke
Elizabeth Hulke
1628
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
1630
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Elizabeth (Hulke) Snoswell
20 September 1663, in Deal, Kent,
England
Benjamin
Hulke
Elizabeth
(Safrey)
Hulke
Jeffrey
Snoswell on 6 May 1684 in Eythorne, Kent, England
- Seth Snoswell
- William Snoswell (1693 - 1734/5)
- Elizabeth Snoswell
- Mary Snoswell
- Margaret Snoswell
- Benjamin Snoswell
- Isaac Snoswell
- Ann Snoswell
1755
Elizabeth Hulke
1681
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth (Jopton) Hulke
Elizabeth is mentioned in the will of
her grandmother, Elizabeth (Safrey) Hulke in 1685 and is bequeathed "one
gold ring with three stones in it".
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Elizabeth (Hulke) Fido
1699
John Hulke
Elizabeth
(Scodden) Hulke
T.
Fido in 1719
1769
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Elizabeth (Hulke, Dixon) Hadley
1706
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
Thomas Dixon, in 1728
John Hadley on 1 August
1742, in Sutton-by-Dover, Kent, England
1797
9 February 1797, in Deal, Kent,
England
Elizabeth Hulke
1725
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
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Elizabeth (Hulke) Hulke
1725
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
Hercules Hulke
in 1747
1768
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Elizabeth Hulke
1747
William Hulke
Mary
(Breame) Hulke
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Elizabeth King Hulke
1832, in Deal, Kent, England
19 September 1832, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
1906, in Eastry
district, Kent, aged 73
Deal, Kent, England
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: St James Westminster, Middlesex: Elis K Hulke, sister, is aged 28,
born in Deal, Kent
1871: Deal, Kent
1891: 155 High Street, Deal, Kent
Elizabeth possibly appears in the 1881 census, mis-transcribed as Emma, and
with an age transcribed as 40 rather than 49. "Emma" is otherwise unknown,
and living at 155
High Street, Deal, Kent with the other unmarried Hulke sisters, and
Elizabeth is not found elsewhere in the 1881 census.
Ellen (_____) Hulke
John Hulke
1639
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Ellen (Hulke) Hockaway
1667
William Hulke
Ellen
(Whale) Hulke
_____ Hockaway in 1699
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Ellen Noakes Powell Hulke
1840, in High Street, Deal, Kent,
England
24 June 1840, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
12 March 1929, in Eastry
district, Kent, England, aged 88
proved on 25 May 1929, by Philip James
Hannam and Herbert Sydney Brown, the executors
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: Deal, Kent: Ellen Hulke, daughter, is aged 20, born in Walmer, Kent
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: 155 High
Street, Deal, Kent
1891: 155 High Street, Deal, Kent
1911: Deal, Kent: Ellen Noakes Powell Hulke is aged 70, born in High St Deal
1929: "Yonsea", 124 High Street, Deal, Kent (London Gazette 31 May 1929 p3622)
Emily Jane Hulke
31 July 1829, in Deal Kent, England
9 September 1829, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
27 January 1894, in Eastry
district, Kent, England
Deal, Kent, England
I Emily Jane Hulke of 155 High Street Deal in the
County of Kent Spinster hereby revoke all Wills and Testaments at any time
heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last Will and Testament I
give to each of my Executors hereinafter named who shall prove this my
Will the sum of Ten guineas as a small acknowledgment for his trouble in
executing the trusts of this my Will I give and devise all my real Estate
and parts and shares of real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto and
equally between my three sisters Elizabeth King Hulke and Frances
Charlotte Hulke and Ellen Noakes Powell Hulke or such of them as shall
survive me and their heirs and assigns as tenants in common and not as
joint tenants and in case there shall be but one surviving then the whole
to be for that one her heirs and assigns the same to be for their or her
sole and separate use and benefit and I give and bequeath all my personal
Estate not hereinbefore otherwise disposed of (subject to the payment of
my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies
bequeathed by this my Will or any Codicil hereto) unto and equally between
my said three Sisters Elizabeth King Hulke and Frances Charlotte Hulke and
Ellen Noakes Powell Hulke or such of them as shall survive me for their
sole and separate use And in case there shall be but one of my said
sisters who shall survive me then the whole to be for that one Sister for
her sole and separate use but in case none of my said Sisters shall
survive me I direct the Executors of this my Will hereinafter named
absolutely to sell call in convert and collect all my real and personal
Estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever (except such articles of
jewellery and other effects of which I may leave a memorandum in writing
touching my intended disposition thereof and of which I desire my
Executors to dispose accordingly) And after payment of my just debts
funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies bequeathed by this my
Will and any Codicil hereto I direct that my said Executors shall pay one
moiety of the net proceeds of the said sale collection and conversion and
of any ready money of which I may die possessed unto my Brother Charles
Hulke absolutely And shall pay and divide the other moiety of the said net
proceeds of sale and money or if my said Brother shall not become entitled
to the moiety therof herein before directed to be paid to him shall pay
and divide the whole thereof unto and equally between all the Daughters of
my Sister Louisa Burton Plumbe (Widow of Samuel Alderson Plumbe) who shall
then be living and the issue born in my lifetime of any of them who may
then be dead such issue taking representatively their parents share the
shares of such of them as shall be married to be for their sole and
separate use and their receipts alone shall be good discharges for the
same and I declare that any property hereby authorised to be sold may be
sold either together or in parcels and by public auction or private
contract and either with or without special conditions or stipulations
relative to title or otherwise with power for my Executors to buy in any
property put up for sale and rescind or vary any contract for sale and
resell without being answerable for loss or dimunition in price and to
execute assurances give effectual receipts for the purchase money and do
all acts and things for completing such sale which my Executors may think
proper And I declare that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of
this my Will may postpone the sale and conversion of my real and personal
Estate or any part thereof for as long as they or he may think fit And I
appoint my Brother John Whitaker Hulke and my nephew Edward William
Wilmott to be Executors of this my Will In witness whereof I the said
Emily Jane Hulke have to this my Will set my hand this twenty eighth day
of March One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Signed by the said Emily Jane Hulke the Testatrix as and for her last Will
and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and
in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as
Witnesses.
Emily Jane Hulke
A H Douglas Smith Major & Bk Master North Barracks Walmer
M. E. Smith North Barracks Walmer
On the 14th day of February 1894 Probate of this Will was granted at
Canterbury to Edward William Wilmott Esquire one of the Executors
from Probate records in Somerset House, London 1894
HULKE Emily Jane of 155 High Street Deal spinster
died 27 January 1894 Probate Canterbury 14 Feb 1894 to Edward William
Wilmott esquire Effects of £2361 14s 3d.
1841: Stone Hall,
Great Mongeham, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: Deal, Kent: Emily Hulke, daughter, is aged 31, born in Deal, Kent
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: 155 High
Street, Deal, Kent
1891: 155 High Street, Deal, Kent
(Note: Emily Jane appears in the later censuses as Jane, by which name she
was presumably known.)
Ford Breame Hulke
1739
William Hulke
Mary (Brame) Hulke
1 March 1740/41 (OS/NS), in St Paul,
Deptford, Kent
Forard Breem Hulk is recorded as the son of Willm Hulk, living at Richard
Mibbourns, King Row. Forard is noteed as a nussery child. Father, Willm
Hulk, from Deal. Richd Mibbourn a shipwright.
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Frances Hulke
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth (Jopton) Hulke
1749
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Frances Hulke
4 August 1748, in the parish church
of Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Frances
(Manley)
Hulke
23 November 1748, in the parish
church of Deal, Kent, England
Frances Hulke
26 November 1755, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Frances
(Manley)
Hulke
2 December 1755, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
Frances Hulke
17
April 1784, in Gillingham, Kent, England
18 May 1784, in Gillingham, Kent,
England
Thomas Manley
Hulke
Ann Sarah (Douglas) Hulke
30 July 1784
Frances Charlotte Hulke
1838, in Deal, Kent, England
18 April 1838, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
1914, in Eastry
district, Kent, England, aged 76
Deal, Kent, England
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: Deal, Kent: Frances Hulke, daughter, is aged 23, born in Deal, Kent
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: 155 High
Street, Deal, Kent
1891: 155 High Street, Deal, Kent
1911: Deal, Kent: Frances Charlotte Hulke is aged 73, born in Deal, Kent
Frederick Thomas Hulke
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Frederick Thomas Hulke
On the reverse of this photo is written "Dr Frederick Hulke"
photograph by Brookes Bro's (late
Drayson), 50 St George's Street, Canterbury, provided courtesy of
Claire Freestone
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8 May 1834, in Deal, Kent, England
4 June 1834, in Deal, Kent, England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
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Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
On the reverse of this photo is written "Aunt Charlotte Hulke"
photograph by Arthur King, 7 Norland
Terrace, Notting Hill, provided courtesy of Claire Freestone
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Charlotte Backhouse on 28 June 1860
in St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex
British Medical Journal 7 July 1860 p533
MARRIAGES.
HULKE,
Frederick T., Esq., fourth son of William Hulke, Esq., Surgeon, Deal, to
Charlotte, only daughter of the late Thomas C. BACKHOUSE,
Esq., at St George's, Bloomsbury, on June 28.
Charlotte was born in 1835, in Bloomsbury, Middlesex (1881) and baptised on
24 November 1835, in St Batholomew, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent, the daughter
of Thomas Cuthbert Backhouse and Maria Gotobed Iggulden. She died on 26
January 1910, in Kensington
district, London, aged 75. Her will was proved on 5 May 1910 by
Frederick Backhouse Hulke, Lewis Iggulden Backhouse Hulke and Shirley
Worthington Woolmer.
Census & Addresses:
1841: St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex: Charlotte Backhouse is aged 5
1861: Deal, Kent: Charlotte Hulke, wife, is aged 25, born in Bloomsbury,
Middlesex
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1891: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1891: 162 Holland Road, Kensington, London (London
Register of Electors)
1901: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1901: 162 Holland Road, Kensington, London (Royal Blue Book 1901 p948)
1905: 162 Holland Road, Kensington, London (The Lancet 10 June 1905 p1623)
1910: 162 Holland Road, Kensington, London (London
Register of Electors)
1910: 162 Holland Road, Kensington, London (London Gazette 17 May 1910 p3516)
Surgeon.
In the 1851 census, Frederick, then aged 16, is recorded as a dispensing
assistant. In the 1871 census he is recorded as a surgeon, and in the 1881
census he is recorded as "General Practitioner Registered".
Frederick was an Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon in the 6th Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps. He was
commissioned on 9 May 1860 (Edinburgh Gazette 18 May 1860 p659),
resigning his commission in 8 December 1863 (Edinburgh Gazette 8 December 1863 p1554),
when the unit was disbanded (Tracing the Rifle Volunteers p48 (Ray
Westlake, 2010)). In 1872 he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace
("placed on the Commission of the Peace") for Deal (The Lancet 13 January 1872 p64).
In 1873, Frederick was involved in a carriage accident.
Whitstable
Times and Herne Bay Herald 4 October 1873
On
Wednesday morning last, an accident befel Mrs. Attersole, an old lady,
who is very infirm and deaf. It appears that she went into the "Crown
Inn," Beach Street, to fetch some beer for her lunch, and on leaving she
became giddy, and did not hear a vehicle which was coming from the
south. The horse's head was abreast of the door when Mrs. Attersole came
out of the house, and she was knocked down, the wheel passing over her
legs. The carriage in question was driven by Dr. Hulke, to whom not the
slightest blame can be attached, as it was entirely owing to the
deafness of the old lady that the accident happened. Both Mrs.
Atterersole's legs were injured, and she was likewise bruised about the
body and head and very much shaken. Dr. Hulke has paid the old lady
every attention.
Frederick appeared before the Sandwich
Election Commission investigating widespread bribery during the
Sandwich parliamentary election in 1880. He was a leading member of the
Conservative party in the area and closely involved in the selection of the
candidate. After evidence of bribery was uncovered, the election of the
Conservative candidate, Charles Crompton-Roberts was vacated and the
Sandwich constituency was abolished in 1885, being incorporated into Eastern
Kent.
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
vol 45 p363
TWENTY-FIRST DAY.
Wednesday, 22nd December
1880.
Frederick Thomas Hulke sworn and
examined.
20,340. (Mr. Holl.) You
reside in Queen Street, Deal?
—Yes.
20,341. And you are a physician?—A surgeon.
20,342. I think you took an active interest in the election that
took place in May last?—Yes, I did.
20,343. Your views were in the Conservative
interest?—Conservative decidedly.
20,344. You were one of the gentlemen who received Mr. Crompton
Roberts when he came down?—Yes, I was.
20,345. Did you receive any money or expend any money in
connexion with the election?—The only amount I spent was that sum that
Mr. Simmons mentioned, 7l.
20,346. From whom did you receive that?—I received it from Mr.
Simmons.
20.347. Tell me what it was for, and how you expended it?—2l. of that I paid away to a man of
the name of Jenner, for information that he was to get me after the last
election, and before the present election, that is, between the
walk-over and this election. I paid away a sovereign on two occasions to
a man of the name of Jenner, in Walmer, to go about and get me
information.
20,348. Who was Jenner?—A waterman.
20,349. Was it to get information in connexion with the
election?—Yes.
20,350. What character of information?—That our chances in Walmer
were favourable.
20,351. That is, to ascertain the views of the parties?—To
ascertain what the views of the watermen were. Amongst watermen you are
obliged to send a waterman.
20,352. Was that given to him entirely for his time and trouble
in obtaining such information?—Yes, entirely.
20,353. Not with a view of his distributing any portion of
it?—No, not with any such views at all.
20,354. I understand you to say that you gave him a sovereign on
two occasions.—Yes.
20,355. How long was that before the election of May?—It must
have been three or four weeks at least before that.
20,356. How was the rest of the 7l. expended?—5l.
was given to a Mr. Thomas Ralph, also for services rendered during the
election.
20,357. What is Mr Thomas Ralph?—He is a clerk, living in Alfred
Square.
20,358. What were the services that he rendered?—He was very
active in going about, and he told me that also he was a little money
out of pocket with necessary little expenses, and so on. I wanted him to
be put down as a paid canvasser, to which he objected, and therefore I
gave him the 5l. myself. He had
his own reasons for objecting to going down as a paid canvasser.
20,359. What were the services that he rendered?—He was showing
himself active in the cause, attending meetings and putting himself
otherwise to inconvenience. It was taking him out of his regular
routine.
20,360. Was he a voter?—Yes, he was a voter. He is a gentleman of
some little position, although he is a clerk.
20,361. Is this Alderman Ralph?—Yes, Mr. Thomas Ralph, the
alderman.
20,362. Do I understand you to say that the services he was
rendering were simply going about to the different meetings. Was he
canvassing?—I presume he was canvassing, but I had nothing to do with
the canvassing, and therefore I could not say exactly. I do know that he
was active, and used to attend our evening meetings.
20,363. You would not pay a gentleman in his position, would you,
for attending these meetings?—Not entirely; but then, you see, his
presence was some support to us.
20,364. Do you know anything more specific that he did beyond
what you have told us?—No, I do not.
20,365. You do not know whether he canvassed or not?—I know that
I should imagine he did, but I do not know it personally.
20,366. Was any portion of this 5l.
that you gave to Alderman Ralph to be expended by him at all in
treating, or in any such way?—No, it was given to him entirely for his
services.
20,367. Nothing of that kind at all?—No.
20,368. You say positively it was given entirely for his
services?—Yes.
20,369. And such services as you have mentioned?—Yes.
20,370. Was that all the money?—Yes, that was all the money.
20,371. That was all the money you expended or received?—Yes,
expended or received. I changed a cheque for Mr. Thomas on one occasion.
20,372. When Mr. Simmons talks about your having paid for some
champagne, do I understand you to say that that is a mistake of
his?—Yes, it is a mistake of his. It was simply because I did not want
him to know how this money was expended, and therefore at the time I
said, “Put it down to Petty Cash, or anything you like,” telling him
various little expenses that I was out of pocket.
20,373. I suppose what you are saying now applies to the 5l.
and not to the 2l.?—Yes.
20,374. Why were you so anxious that Mr. Simmons, one of your own
party, if I may so speak, should not know that you were going to give
this 5l. to Mr. Alderman
Ralph?—It might probably be in this way, that Mr. Ralph originally was
upon the other side, that is years ago, and he might not like to have it
known that he was put down as receiving anything for his services. I
imagine that was what was passing through my mind.
20,375. He had been upon the other side, and you thought he would
not like it to be known that he had been rendering services?—Yes, that
he had been rendering services openly.
20,376. What you mean, I suppose, is you thought he would not
like it to be known that he was receiving any remuneration for doing
it?—Yes, that he had received anything.
20,377. You see Alderman Ralph was, in point of fact, having
formerly been upon the other side, taking remuneration for the services
he rendered?—He rendered these services at lots of meetings for the last
year or two. He had separated himself from his own party, and there was
no intention on his part to receive anything, and no desire on my part
to give him anything.
20,378. You say that he separated himself from his own party long
antecedent to this election?—Yes.
20,379. A year or two?—Yes.
20,380. Are you sure of that?—I should not like to be positive,
because I do not know the ins and outs of the elections sufficiently.
20,381. Are you able to say, or not, whether he had to your
knowledge separated himself from the Liberal party for any considerable
time previous to the general election?—Yes, that I will swear
positively.
20,382. Prior to the general election, you are positive about
that?—Yes, I am positive about it. I think you will find that he took no
part in the 1874 election.
20.380. I understand you to say you are not able to state more
specifically the precise character of the services that he rendered
beyond the fact that he attended meetings and generally supported your
cause.
20,381. (Mr. Jeune.)
When did you pay Mr. Jenner this 2l.—I
paid Mr. Jenner 2l. some three
or four weeks at least before the election. I cannot be positive, but
the occasion was soon after the general election—the walk-over. I
employed Jenner to go about and find out the feelings and views of the
watermen in Walmer, and about another week or ten days after that I gave
him a second sovereign and sent him round again.
20,385. You say about three weeks after the walk-over you
employed Jenner?—It was before that.
20,386. How long was it after the general election that you
employed him?— I could not be positive, but it was soon after.
20,387. A fortnight?—I should think it would be, quite.
20,388. And then you paid him a week after that?—Yes, somewhere
thereabouts.
20,389. The general election was the 4th April, and that brings
you extremely close to the contested election?—You must bear in mind
that there was not much time between the two.
20,390. That is what I mean. The payment to him was a little
close upon the contested election?—It had nothing to do with his views,
I can assure you.
20,391. I am not asking you that. You paid him this 2l.
out of your own pocket?—Yes.
20,392. Without any communication with anybody else?—Yes, without
any communication with anybody else at all.
20,393. When did you pay Mr Ralph
the 5l.?—I paid him that upon
the day of the election.
20,394. Had you promised him anything before?—No, nothing. I am
positive of that.
20,395. Had you asked him to perform services for your
party.?—No, I had not.
20,396. How came you to pay Mr. Ralph 5l.?
Did he ask you for it?—Yes, he asked me for it.
20,397. That was upon the morning of the election?—That was upon
the day of the election, but it was not in the morning; it was more in
the afternoon.
20,398. What did he come and say to you?—He met me casually; he
was in a very excited state, and he told me that he was money out of
pocket, and he thought that for the services he had rendered he should
he remunerated. I then said to him, “I will mention it to Mr. Hughes,
but it was understood that they were to put you down as a paid
canvasser,” and he said, “I will not go down as a paid canvasser; I do
not like to do that; but cannot you give me a little remuneration
yourself, doctor?” That is the way it came about.
20,399. And you then gave him 5l.?—Yes.
20,400. That was out of your own pocket?—No, not that 5l.,
because just at that moment I happened to see Mr. Simmons. I had no
money with me, and I said to Mr Simmons, “Can you lend me” or “Can you
advance me a little money?” and he said, “I cannot; I have only a little
in my pocket, which is for a charity.” Then I said, “What have you got?”
and he pulled out his purse, and he gave me 7l.,
and he said, “What am I to put that down as?” I said, “Well, anything;
charity begins at home,” or some such casual remark as that, because I
did not want him to know anything about Mr. Ralph.
20,401. Mr. Simmons has said that you said you had paid for some
champagne; is that so?—Yes, I paid for some champagne, but not out of
that money.
20,402. Did you tell Mr. Simmons that was what it was for?—The
next morning he asked me how he was to account for that money, because
he was not content with my previous answer, and then I told him that I
was money out of pocket myself, and, more than that, I had paid for
champagne, and damage to a cart, and so on.
20,403. You did tell him that you had paid for champagne?—Yes.
20,404. And you also told him that you had paid 30s. for damage
to a trap?—I did not tell him I had paid that, but 1 told him that the
trap was damaged to that amount; that was merely to gammon him.
20,405. I understand. As to the champagne, was it true that you
had paid for some champagne?—Yes.
20,100. What champagne was that?—I paid for some champagne the
night of the election at the “Royal” hotel—three or four sovereigns.
20,407. Who had the champagne?—The reporters and various others
that were waiting for the result of the poll to be declared. I drank
some of it myself.
20,408. That was the champagne you meant, was it?—Yes.
20,409. What was the trap?—It was a carriage of my own that was
run into upon the afternoon of the polling day by some fly, and the wing
was smashed off, and the iron work damaged.
20,410. Did you tell Mr. Simmons that a carriage your own had
been damaged?—Yes, I did, and that is the trap evidently he was alluding
to.
20,411. Mr. Simmons says that you asked him for about 10l.,
was that so?—No, I did not ask for that. I think it was 7l.
or 8l. that I asked him for.
20,412. He said expressly that you said to him, “Simmons, will
you give me 10l.” and he only
gave you 7l. because he had
only got 71.?—No, I do not
remember that. He had a sovereign or two more in his purse, I know, when
he gave me the money.
20,413. Besides that 2l.
to Mr Jenner and 5l. to Mr.
Ralph, what other sums did you pay in connexion with the election?—I do
not know that I paid any at all.
20414. It does turn out that you paid 3l.
or 4l., or whatever it was, for
this champagne drunk upon the polling day?—That was out of my own
private purse.
20,415. I dare say. Did you pay anything else out your own
private purse?—I really cannot say that I did. I do not call anything to
mind. I may have spent a shilling or two, but anything like 2l.
or 3l. for champagne, I am
positive I did not pay that.
20,416. Did you not give anybody anything to drink before the
polling?—No, not to a soul that I know of.
20,117. You were pretty liberal with the champagne at the
end?—Yes. I said, “We have been dry the whole time, and now we will have
a wet.”
20,418. Before that are you quite sure there was no other
champagne?—No, I cannot call it to mind.
20,419. Or any other less aristocratic refreshment?—No.
20,420. Did you go about canvassing?—No, I never asked for a
single vote. I object to canvassing, upon principle.
20,421. Did you employ anybody else to canvass?—No, I did not
employ anybody to canvass.
Frederick and his family lived in Admiralty House, originally the official
home of the Port Admiral, on Queen Street, in Deal.
Deal:
Past and Present p86 (Henry Stephen Chapman, 1890)
On
January 23rd, 1783, twenty thousand pounds in specie was landed by two
Deal luggers at this place. The money was taken out of a galliot, named
the “Oaste Emes,” commanded by one Captain Laud, a Dutch ship which was
bound from the Texel to Batavia when she ran ashore on the South Sand
Head. The two countries being at that time engaged in war, this money
was looked upon as a lawful prize, notwithstanding that the vessel was
sailing under Russian colours when the disaster occurred, and the
treasure, after being deposited for the night in the Admiralty House,*
was next day sent away to London in two waggons guarded by a company of
grenadiers.
* This house—now the residence of Dr. Hulke, in Queen-street—is
still distinguished by the same appellation. It was renovated and to
some extent modernised about 20 years ago. Originally there were in it
several strong-rooms. One of these—probably that in which the specie
above referred to was placed for the night—still remains. It is a work
of very substantial masonry, being built of large stones, with a domed
roof and a marble floor. There is a small aperture which answers for a
window that is protected with stout square bars. Entrance to this
strong-room was made through a massive iron door which was fastened by a
peculiar piece of mechanism, in the shape of a very powerful
old-fashioned lock. The above incident suggests an idea of what almost
fabulous wealth was undoubtedly stored in the precincts of this historic
house in by-gone days when Deal was a port of great national importance.
Admiralty House was later converted into an Odeon cinema, and today is a
snooker club and wine bar.
10 April 1881, at Admiralty House,
Deal, Kent, England, aged 47
The Medical Press & Circular 20 April 1881
p348
DEATHS.
HULKE.—April 10, suddenly, at Admiralty House, Deal, Frederick Thomas
Hulke, M.B., J.P., aged 47
Taranaki Herald 6 June 1881 p2
DEATH OF DR. HULKE.
INTIMATION
was received by Mr. W. K. Hulke, by the last mail, of the death of his
brother Dr. F. T. Hulke, of Deal, England, who died somewhat suddenly on
the morning of the 10th April last, at the age of 47 years. Dr. Hulke
appears to have been very much respected by the inhabitants of Deal, and
the local paper (The Deal Mercury)
devotes a leading article to his obituary, in which the deceased
gentleman is referred to in eulogistic language. The paper says—“When
the sad truth of his death became generally known and comprehended, it
appeared as if everyone had sustained a personal loss. There could not
have been a family to whom he was a stranger. Long has it been since any
one here was so universally respected, and long will it be before
another is so universally esteemed. A more imposing spectacle than his
funeral has not been withnessed here. It was the spectacle of a useful
and a worthy life, honored at its close; the spectacle of the profound
and tender sympathy generally felt for mourning relatives ; the
spectacle of the strength of esteem and affection begotten of years of
voluntary public and private labour for the welfare of the town at
large. A debt of gratitude was due to him for the interest he invariably
displayed in anything calculated to promote the prosperity of his
townsmen. When his eyes closed for aye, Deal lost its truest friend and
wisest councellor. His ear was always open to the tale of distress. Was
any one in trouble? To the doctor he went straight away. If counsel
could assist, it was readily given. As a medical attendant, the deceased
gentleman's fame was great, and he became known rather as a friend, for
in him both were admirably blended. To have been in death so respected,
his life and walk must have been approved.”
Considerable space is given in the same paper to an account
of the funeral. It states that business in the town was suspended, the
shops being closed, and the windows of private residences darkened.
“Crowds collected at the various street corners, and other vantage
points, to view the procession's long length ;” and when the coffin was
taken into the Cemetery it was quickly hid from view by wreaths and
garlands of flowers, offerings of sincere affection.
Dr. Hulke was a Bachelor of Medicine, and was in
partnership with his father, but at that gentleman’s death, succeeded to
his practice, which, in his hands, soon became very extensive. He was
appointed Magistrate to the Borough about 1871, and for the Cinque Ports
shortly afterwards. He was for several years the leading member of the
Conservative party in the Borough, and Chairman of the Committees.
Deal cemetery, Deal, Kent, England
1841: Stone Hall,
Great Mongeham, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: Deal, Kent: Frederick T. Hulke, head, is aged 26, born in Deal, Kent
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Admiralty House, Queen
Street, Deal, Kent
Frederick Backhouse Hulke
19 March 1862, at Admiralty House,
Deal, Kent, England
The Gentleman's Magazine May 1862 p637
BIRTHS.
March 19.
At the Admiralty-house, Deal, the wife of Dr. Fredk. Thos. Hulke, a
son.
2 May 1862, in St Andrew, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Tonbridge
School, Kent, which Frederick attended from 1877 to 1879.
The register of Tonbridge School, from 1820 to 1886
p183 (November 1886)
HULKE, Frederick Backhouse.
1877-9. Son of Frederick Thomas Hulke. b.
1862. In the Medical profession.
Irene Harriet Stirling Jones in
1887, in Kingston
district, Surrey, England
Irene was born on 8 April 1860, in Umballa, Punjab, India, and baptised on 1
July 1860 in Peshawur, North West Provinces, Bengal Presidency, the daughter
of Juxon Henry Jones and Mary Hockin Stirling. She was known as "Coco". Coco
attended Eastbourne Ladies College when the family returned from India after
her father's retirement. A family
account of this Jones family relates that "my mother spent her summer
holidays with them as a girl and nothing could
have been more sedate than their lifestyle: Coco a busty matron much given
to amateur theatricals; her Fred thin and rather hang-dog with a drooping
moustache...Admiralty House in Deal, where she and her doctor husband lived,
was supplied with tennis courts and terraces and the ghost of Nelson. She
had a moderate family of two sons and a daughter and entertained her nieces
and sisters every summer. She was also the life and soul of Upper Deal
society and took the lead in its non-stop theatrical productions...Graceful
is not the word that springs to mind when considering Coco. In the few
photographs of early in the century she appears weighed down by an enormous
bust and hat. By then she was a matron in middle age, referred to in my
mother's diaries as The Beast, though like most of Violet's nicknames this
was unkind; she lectured a lot and also "made" Violet break off her first
engagement to a fellow art student. The war gave her plenty of scope for
good works, which up to then had been centred on the House for Destitute
Children and local boatmen. For these she opened Admiralty House to a
hundred and fifty guests at a time, usually in fancy dress, and The Mercury
was there to write up the costumes "donned by the fair sex" and the
"splendid repasts" provided. No destitute children were there, needless to
say, but maybe got a little more scrape on their bread as a result of the
revelry; boatmen probably got tracts. There were a lot of wounded soldiers
in Deal during the war and Coco helped to bandage them, but didn't invite
them to her tennis parties even as spectators. Soldiers, in spite of their
gallantry, were lower class and to be kept in their place. The Hulke
household was often rent by "rows" and "bust ups" so it seems that Coco was
Flawed too...
Coco died at sixty four and left me 100 in her will and an amethyst brooch
surrounded by seed pearls, which made me feel warmly towards this largely
unknown aunt. The life in Deal comes alive in my mother's diaries, and Coco
emerges as a typical middle-class well-meaning woman, absorbed in running
her house with a lot of servants, and raising money for the less privileged
as long as it didn't impinge on her own comforts."
Irene died in 1924, in Eastry
district, Kent, aged 62
Census:
1871: Eastbourne,
Sussex
1891: Queen
Street, Deal, Kent
1901: Church
Street, Isleworth, Middlesex
Surgeon and General
Practitioner. In the 1881 census, Frederick is listed as a "Student In
Medicine"
London
Gazette 28 July 1893 p4315
WE
hereby agree that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between us the
undersigned, Frederick Backhouse Hulke and Walter Frederick Lovell,
practising together as Surgeons and General Practitioners, as Hulke and
Lovell, at Deal and Walmer, in the county of Kent, has been this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The practice will henceforth be carried on by
the said Frederick Backhouse Hulke, to whom all bills are to be paid, and
who will discharge all liabilities.—As witness our hands, July 22, 1893.
FRED. B. HULKE.
W. F. LOVELL.
Frederick was an officer in the 4th Volunteer (Cinque Ports) Brigade, Cinque
Ports Division, Royal Artillery, commissioned as a second lieutenant on 25
April 1888 (London Gazette 24 April 1888 p2329),
promoted to lieutenant on 5 September 1888 (London Gazette 4 September 1888 p4738) and
to captain on 4 May 1892 (London Gazette 3 May 1892 p2554). Frederick
resigned his commission on 13 January 1894 (London Gazette 12 January 1894 p240). On 30
January 1917 he was appointed as a temporary captain in the Kent Volunteer
Regiment (described then as "late Capt., 1st Cinque Ports Brig., Vol.
Arty.") (London Gazette 26 January 1917 p1048). He
relinquished that commission on 25 September 1919 and granted the honorary
rank of captain (London Gazette 30 January 1920 p1352).
In 1914, Frederick wrote a letter to the Times
concerning the Naval Brigade. The letter was rebutted in the
South
Wales Weekly Post 24 October 1914 p7
RAW RECRUITS.
ANTWERP SCANDAL,
AMAZING DISCLOSURES.
Bayonets Tied on with String.
The following letter in Friday's “Times” is from Mr. F. B. Hulke,
Admiralty House, Deal, and makes some amazing disclosures concerning the
nature of the Naval Brigade sent so ineffectually to Antwerp.
When rumours first got about in this neighbourhood that these raw
levies were going to the front, it was scoffed at as incredible. The
opinions of many naval and military officers were unanimous that, to send
the Brigade in their present condition to any fighting line was nothing
less than “deliberate murder.” Individual officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men of the force itself laughed at the suggestion of being
employed as a fighting unit. When, shortly after their departure, it was
reported on undeniable evidence that these Naval Volunteers and recruits
had been actually sent to Antwerp, the general feeling throughout this
district was one of intense
Anger and
consternation.
You will appreciate the reason for this when I tell you that a
large proportion of these men had no proper equipment and were practically
untrained. The officers for the most part were learning as quickly as
possible their work as infantrymen. They were still in the stage of
reading out the words of command from manuals on parade. Even of these
officers there was a great deficiency—I believe I am absolutely correct in
stating that the first Brigade alone left Dover 16 officers short—and, of
the 14 who accompanied them, not more than four, had any real practical
knowledge of a line officer's duties. A very large number of the rank and
file were without belts and pouches. I do not think any had pouches to
hold the regulation 150 rounds. Some may have had one pouch to hold 40
rounds. Many had none at all. For lack of belts, they
Tied their bayonets on with
string.
There were few water-bottles, no identification discs, and none carried an
entrenching tool. It would be interesting to discover how many of these
men had fired even one round of .303 ammunition out of the modern Service
rifle—I believe practically none. The only rifle practice was some
miniature rifle shooting at 30 yards or thereabouts, and few did this.
They were only served out with rifles a day or two before leaving,
and I am told, on good authority, that a Marine non-com was sent to their
camp either the day before, or the morning of, their, departure to show as
many of them as possible how to fix bayonets.
“BOSH.”
EX-“DAILY POST” MAN RIDICULES STORY.
Mr. R. J. Hodson, of the Central News (formerly of the “Daily
Post”), who was in Antwerp during the siege, and spent two days with the
British Marines and naval brigade, who were rushed into the city in the
hope of saving it at the last moment, writes:—
The remarkable statements which have been published as to the state
of the naval brigade at Antwerp are very inaccurate. I take them seriatim.
From the letter of Mr. F. B. Hulke, Admiralty House, Deal:
(1) “A large proportion of these men had no proper equipment, and
were practically untrained.”
Answer: Many of the men lacked overcoats, but their fighting
equipment was efficient. I saw no evidence of lack of training. If these
men were “practically untrained,” they must have an abnormally standard of
training in naval brigades. The way they set about improving the Belgian
trenches was a revelation to the Belgian sappers.
(2) “The officers were stall in the stage of reading out the words
of command from manuals on parade.”
Answer: If their parade drill was weak they showed no weakness in
field work.
(3) “A very large number of the rank and file were without belts
and poaches.”
Answer: I saw none suffering from such deficiency.
(4) “For lack of belts they tied on their bayonets with string.”
Answer: Bosh.
(5) “There were no identification discs.”
Answer: Quite untrue.
(6) “None carried an entrenching tool.”
Answer: There were some entrenching tools. but in any case it might
be anticipated that a great fortress like Antwerp could supply these.
(7) “Practically none had fired even one round of .303 of the
modern Service rifle.”
Answer: The handy way in which the men handled their rifles left me
no ground for questions on this point.
To sum up, Mr. F. B. Hulke's tale may be told to the marines. It
will not be believed by anyone who saw the naval man in the trenches
around Antwerp.
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The Partridge
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Frederick was once the owner of the Partridge,
a 72 foot Victorian gaff cutter yacht built in 1885. This boat has recently
been fully restored.
1925, in Eastry
district, Kent, England, aged 66
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1888: Admiralty House, Deal, Kent (baptism record of son
Frederick)
1891: Queen
Street, Deal, Kent
1891: Admiralty House, Deal, Kent (baptism record of daughter
Irene)
Frederick Malcolm Stirling Hulke
1888, in Deal, Kent, England
19 December 1888, in St Andrew,
Deal, Kent, England
Frederick
Backhouse Hulke
Irene Harriet Stirling (Jones) Hulke
Edith Ada Gladys Howatson in 1917,
in Kensington
district, London, England
Edith was born on 14 August 1890. She was known as Gladys. Edith died in
1983, in Dover
district, Kent.
Physician and Surgeon
Frederick joined the Royal
Army Medical Corps on 15 August 1914 and was commissioned with the
temporary rank of lieutenant (London Gazette 18 August 1914 p6580). He
was promoted to temporary captain 15 August 1915 (London Gazette 3 September 1915 p8828).
Frederick relinquished his commission on 15 February 1919 and was granted
the rank of major (London Gazette 25 March 1919 p3976). On 8
March 1922, Frederick was appointed by the Chief Inspector of Factories to
be certifying surgeon under the Factory and Workshop Acts for the Deal
district of Kent (London Gazette 14 March 1922 p2138).
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"Comarques", 122 High Street, Deal was
owned by the Hulke family for hundreds of years
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Frederick is recorded at the baptism of his son in 1922 living at 20 Sondes
Road in Deal in 1922. He and Gladys later lived at "Comarques", a large
Georgian house at 122 High Street in Deal, probably inheriting the house
when his father died in 1925. Comarques had been in the Hulke family for
many years. From 1936 until 1939, Gladys rented the top floor of the house
to John
Ireland, a noted English composer, for the house now carried a blue
plaque.
The
John Ireland Companion p50 (Lewis Foreman, 2011)
Ireland rented
part of the top floor of this house between 1936 and 1939. From 1937 he
stayed in this flat on an increasingly regular basis, and did much of
his writing here, producing his Concertino
Pastorale for the Boyd Neel String Orchestra, for a performance
in the 1939 Canterbury Festival.
p118-121
Friends
joked that John Ireland's topographical affections were akin to love
affairs with places, but they were quick to acknowledge his gift of deep
feeling which almost amounted to clairvoyance. On entering a house he
would know at once if it was a happy place, or otherwise. His Deal home
was very much in harmony with his feelings at a time when he needed to
relax, meditate and write more music.
The fine Georgian house named ‘Comarques’ provided Ireland with a
spacious top flat, originally the nursery. This property has been owned
and occupied by the Hulke family for over two centuries. Local history
records the name of Hulke as Mayors of Deal, bankers, land owners,
physicians and surgeons since the reign of Queen Anne. Almost directly
opposite stands another house, originally in the ownership of the Hulke
family and a passageway, far below street level, once connected the two
properties. (There is a bricked-up entrance in the cellars of both).
Such a passageway could be used at night, to avoid the Press gangs which
frequented Deal in the eighteenth century and the ladies would find it
conveniently cleaner to their dainty footwear and long dresses, than
walking across the muddy street above
...
The flat was furnished with the greatest care, the centrepiece being the
baby grand piano which had been presented to him by Chappell. It was
rumoured that the understanding was that Ireland would promote sales for
the firm; something that John Ireland was not at pains to do!
From the main body of the old house the wife of Dr Hulke would
hear Ireland play the occasional chord and expressed surprise that he
could sit in his study for hours and compose musc with so little use of
the piano.
Whilst he was at ‘Comarques’ John Ireland's Concerto for
Pianoforte and Orchestra was again given at the Henry Wood Promenade
Concerts in Queen's Hall. It had first been performed there in 1930.
This concert, on 1st September 1936, was conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood,
with Artur Rubinstein as the soloist. Mrs Gladys Hulke was, of course, a
guest of honour and kept the programme as a momento.
Comarques was sold
out of the Hulke family in 2010, listed for £825,000.
In 1919, Frederick won
the Invergarry Cup presented by the Deal & Walmer Angling
Association with a catch of 2lbs 14ozs
1927, in Pancras
district, London, England, aged 39
1891: Queen
Street, Deal, Kent
1911: Deal, Kent: Frederick Malcolm Stirling Hulke is aged 22, born in Deal,
Kent
1922: 20 Sondes Road, Deal, Kent (baptism record of son
transcribed at FreeReg)
- England Birth Index
(1Q1889 Eastry vol 2a p965) but before baptism; exact place from 1911
census
- Deal parish records
transcribed at FreeReg
- Deal parish records
transcribed at FreeReg
- England Marriage
Index (3Q1917 Kensington vol 1a p274); Edith birth from England Death
Index (1Q1983 Dover vol 61 p1289); Edith death from England Death Index
(1Q1983 Dover vol 61 p1289)
- London Gazette 14 March 1922 p2138
- England Death Index
(3Q1927 Pancras vol 1b p20)
George Hulke
1594
John Hulke
Mary
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
George Hulke
Robert Hulke
Susan
George Hulke
1667
George Hulke
Susan (_____)
Hulke
1710
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
George Hulke
1707
John Hulke
Elizabeth
(Scodden) Hulke
1737
George was a smuggler.
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family notes
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Grace Hulke
1730
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
1735
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Henly Hulke
1785
Benjamin Hulke
Jane (_____) Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Hercules Hulke
1728
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
Elizabeth Hulke
in 1747
1774
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Irene Medora (Hulke) Harrison
3 July 1891, in Deal, Kent, England
31 August 1891, in St Andrew, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Backhouse Hulke
Irene Harriet Stirling (Jones) Hulke
William R. Harrison in 1914, in Tendring
district, Essex, England
Herald of the Golden Age July 1913 p183
The Concert
given at Queen's Hall, on June 26th, in honour of Queen Alexandra's Day
and in aid of the Work of the Order, was a brilliant success, and was
attended by a large and distinguished audience.
The Artistes who kindly gave their services, and rendered a most
enjoyable programme of vocal and instrumental music were:—
...
Miss Medora Hulke
1989, in South
East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England
1901: Church
Street, Isleworth, Middlesex
1911: Deal, Kent: Irene Medora Hulke is aged 19, born in Deal, Kent
- England Birth Index
(3Q1891 Eastry vol 2a p955); exact date from England Death Index (3Q1989
South East Hampshire vol 20 p1488); exact place from 1911 census
- Deal parish records
transcribed at FreeReg
- Deal parish records
transcribed at FreeReg
- England Marriage
Index (3Q1924 Tendring vol 4a p1672)
- England Death Index
(3Q1989 South East Hampshire vol 20 p1488)
Jane Hulke
1631
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Jessie Backhouse (Hulke) Burnell
19 February 1877, at Admiralty House,
Deal, Kent, England
Medical Times and Gazette 3 March 1877 p248
BIRTHS.
HULKE.—On February 19, at Admiralty House, Deal, the wife
of Frederick Thomas Hulke, M.B., M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.
22 March 1877 in St Andrew, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Charles Desborough Burnell on 13
October 1903, in Kensington, London, England.
Charles was born on 13 January 1876 in Beckenham, Kent, and baptised on 24
February 1876 in Beckenham, the son of George Edward Burnell-Jones and
Harriet Desborough. He was educated at Eton
and Magdalen
College, Oxford and
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was an accomplished rower. Charles won the Eton Junior Sculls in 1892 and
was a member of the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Races of 1895, 1896,
1897 and 1898. He became a member of Leander
Club and was in the Leander crew which won the Grand
Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta for four consecutive years from
1898 to 1901. He was also a three-time winner of the Stewards'
Challenge Cup at Henley. In 1908 he was a crew member of the Leander
eight, which won the gold medal for Great Britain rowing
at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Charles was an army officer, initially as a volunteer commissioned into the
4th (Eton College) Volunteer Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry as a
second lieutenant on 18 November 1893 (London Gazette 17 November 1893 p6427) and
promoted to lieutenant on 26 May 1894 (London Gazette 25 May 1894 p3052), then
resigning his commission on 30 January 1895 (London Gazette 29 January 1895 p553),
dropping in rank to second lieutenant (supernumerary). Charles was
re-appointed lieutenant in the 1st London on 19 January 1898 (London Gazette 18 January 1898 p303) and
promoted to captain on 9 December 1902 (London Gazette 19 December 1902 p8763). On
1 April 1908 he was appointed to the 5th Battalion, City of London (Rifles)
Regiment as a captain, the rank he held in the Volunteer Force (London Gazette 23 October 1908 p7651), and
appointed honorary major with precedence from 31 March 1908 (London Gazette 11 May 1909 p3565). Charles
resigned his commission on 15 January 1913 (London Gazette 14 January 1913 p328), but
rejoined in the First World War, commissioned as captain (honorary major) in
the 5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle
Brigade) on 10 August 1914 (London Gazette 22 September 1914 p7496).
The Battalion embarked for France on 4 November 1914 and details of their
activities are recorded in Short history of the London Rifle Brigade.
Charles was wounded on 7 May 1915. He was appointed temporary major on 18
January 1916 (London Gazette 14 January 1916 p729),
relinquishing that temporary rank on 11 March 1917 (London Gazette 9 March 1917 p2462) but
promoted to acting lieutenant-colonel whilst commanding a battalion on 7 May
1917, reverting to the acting rank of major on 20 May 1917 (London Gazette 13 July 1917 p7062). Charles
ceased to be employed at headquarters on 13 September 1917, relinquishing
the acting rank of major (London Gazette 23 October 1917 p11004), but
appointed acting major again on 29 January 1918 whilst employed as assistant
commandant of Reinforcement Camps (London Gazette 19 March 1918 p3560), and
made temporary lieutenant-colonel whilst commanding the 5th Battalion of the
London Regiment on 19 May 1918 (London Gazette 14 March 1919 p3614).
Charles served with distinction, being mentioned in despatches on 30
December 1918 (London Gazette 27 December 1918 p15198) and
again on 10 July 1919 (London Gazette 8 July 1919 p8752) and
awarded the Distinguished
Service Order on 3 June 1919 (Edinburgh Gazette 5 June 1919 p1851). He
relinquished his temporary rank on ceasing to be employed on 18 July 1919 (London Gazette 8 August 1919 p10188). After
the war, Charles rejoined the family firm of stockbrokers in the City. He
was Chairman of the Wokingham Rural District Council for 35 years. On 3 May
1927, Charles was awarded the Territorial
Decoration for long service in the Territorial Force (London Gazette 3 May 1927 p2878).
Lieutenant-Colonel C. D. Burnell, D.S.O., having reached the age limit,
retired on 28 January 1931 (London Gazette 27 January 1931 p607) and on
1 August 1936 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Desborough Burnell, D.S.O., T.D.,
of Wedmore, Rememhan Hill, Henley-on-Thames, was appointed Deputy Lieutenant
in Berkshire (London Gazette 11 August 1936 p5256). He
was awarded the Order of the British Empire for public services to Berkshire
on 10 June 1954 (London Gazette 1 June 1954 p3269). Charles
died on 3 October 1969, in Blewbury, Berkshire, aged 93, and is buried in St
Nicholas Churchyard, Remenham, Berkshire.
Census:
1881:
Springfield Terrace, Ilfracombe, Devon
1891: Lansdowne
Road, Kensington, London
1901: Lansdowne
Crescent, Kensington, London
1911: Walton upon Thames, Surrey: Charles Desborough Burnell is aged 35,
born in Beckenham, Kent
- Nicholas Desborough Burnell (1904 - 1978)
- Mary Desborough Burnell (1908 - ? )
- Janet Desborough Burnell (1909 - ? )
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Gravestone of Charles Desborough Burnell
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Remenham, Berkshire
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23 December 1966, in Wargrave,
Berkshire, England, aged 89
St Nicholas Churchyard, Remenham,
Berkshire, England
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1891: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1901: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1911: Walton on Thames, Surrey: Jessie Backhouse Burnell is aged 34, born in
Deal, Kent
Joan Hulke
1602
Robert Hulke
Gene
(Barber) Hulke
1615
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Joan Hulke
1609
Anthony Hulke
Mildred
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John Hulke
Mary
John Hulke
1577
John Hulke
Mary
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John Hulke
1598
Robert Hulke
Gene
(Barber) Hulke
Elizabeth
John Hulke
1605
Robert Hulke
Gene
(Barber) Hulke
Ellen
1639
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John Hulke
1627
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
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John Hulke
19 November 1660
25 November 1660, in St. Leonard's,
Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Safrey)
Hulke
Sarah
Eastes on 19 March 1705/6, in the parish church, Deal, Kent, England
1722
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John Hulke
1670
George Hulke
Susan (_____)
Hulke
Elizabeth
Scodden on 30 April 1696, in Deal, Kent
John Hulke
1686
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth (Jopton) Hulke
Anne
1734
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John Hulke
1702
John Hulke
Elizabeth
(Scodden) Hulke
Sarah
1748
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John Hulke
1710
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
1711
2 October 1711, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
1712
10 September 1712, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
1713
John Hulke
1723
24 April 1723, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah (_____)
Hulke
John Hulke
1729
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
1729
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John Hulke
1738
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
1753
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John Hulke
1738
William Hulke
Mary (Brame) Hulke
1739
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John Hulke
3 February 1751/2 (OS/NS)
24 February 1751/2 (OS/NS) , in the
parish church, Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Frances
(Manley)
Hulke
Captain, Royal Navy
John Read Hulke
1793
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
1793
24 April 1793, in Deal, Kent,
England
John Hulke
18 April 1803
22 August 1804, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
Assistant surgeon, in the
Honourable East India Company Service (HEICS). At the time of his death,
John was assistant surgeon on the H.C.S. Waterloo.
15 July 1830, at sea, on the passage
from China
Asiatic Journal October 1830 p120
July 15.
At sea, on the passage from China, Mr. John Hulke, assistant surgeon of
the H.C.S. Waterloo.
granted 29 October 1830
Assistant surgeon on board the EICS Waterloo at
sea, bach., to William Hulke [of Deal, Kent, Estate Duty Registers] Esq.
the father, £200, Pts
John Whitaker Hulke
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John Whitaker Hulke c. 1870
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John Whitaker Hulke
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6 November 1830, in Deal, Kent,
England
8 December 1830, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
Julia Grace Ridley on 1 October
1858, in Hastings, Sussex, England
The Gentlemen's Magazine November 1858 p527
Oct.
1. At Hastings, John W. Hulke, of London, son of Wm. Hulke, esq., of
Deal, Kent, to Julia G. Ridley, dau. of the late Samuel Ridley, of
Hastings.
Julia was born on 13 November 1831, at The Lower Road, Islington, Middlesex,
the daughter of Samuel Ridley and Kezia Daniell, and baptised on 28 November
1832, in Cripplegate, London, as a non-conformist. She was baptised a second
time, aged 17, on 10 July 1849, in St James Westminster (where her birth
date is recorded as 30 November 1831). Julia died on 27 September 1924, in Marylebone
district, London, aged 92. Her will was proved on 26 November 1924 by
Edward William Wilmott.
Census & Addresses:
1851: St Mary in the Castle, Sussex: Julia G. Ridley, daughter, is aged 19,
born in Islington, Middlesex (HO107-1635 fol 364 p15)
1861: St James Westminster, Middlesex; Julia G. Hulke is aged 29, born in
Islington, Middlesex
1871: St James
Westminster, Middlesex
1881: 10 Old
Burlington St., Westminster, London, Middlesex
1891: St James Westminster: Julia Grace Hucke, wife, is aged 59, born in
Islington, London
1898: 44 Montagu-square, St Marylebone, London (London
Register of Electors)
1901: St Marylebone, London: Julia Grace Hulke, head, is aged 69, born in
Islington, London. She is Living on Own Means.
1911: St Marylebone, London: Julia G. Hulke, is aged 79, born in Islington,
London
1912: 44 Montagu-square, St Marylebone, London (London
Register of Electors)
1924: 44 Montagu-square, London (The London Gazette 23 December 1924 p9372)
After attending boarding school
in England, John continued his education in Germany, at the Moravian College
at Neuwied (1843 to 1845). Returning to England, he studied at King's
College School in London during 1846 and 1847, entering the medical
department of that college in 1849.
Surgeon.
In 1852, John, along with his father, was an attending physician at the
death of the Duke of Wellington, and he signed the death certificate.
Medical Times & Gazette 25 September 1852
p301
THE LAST HOURS
OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
PUBLIC interest has been so much excited on every matter
connected with the Great Duke, that although we have been obliged to
omit all other communications from the present Number, we feel that we
should not be justified in withholding that of Mr. Hulke.
[To the Editor of the Medical Times and Gazette.]
155 Lower street, Deal, September 21,
1852.
SIR,—I enclose you an account of the death of the
Duke of Wellington for insertion in the Medical Times and Gazette,
should you deem it sufficiently interesting to the readers of your
widely circulated Journal.
I am, Sir, &c. J.
W. HULKE.
“Tuesday, September 14.—About half past eight this morning my
father received a note from Walmer Castle, stating that the Duke of
Wellington wished to see him. He immediately went to the Castle. His
Grace complained of uneasiness about the chest and stomach; was then
perfectly conscious, and answered questions put to him with correctness.
Some medicine was ordered, and during its preparation His Grace took
some tea and toast. Shortly after leaving the Castle, my father received
another communication, stating that His Grace was much worse; he had had
fits similar to those he was subject to. My father and I went directly,
and found His Grace in bed, unconscious; eyes turned a little upwards,
fixed; pupils of medium size; skin warm and moist; respiration very
laborious, from accumulation of mucus in air tubes. Before our arrival
his valet had applied a mustard poultice to his chest, as on a former
occasion this had given relief.
“Dr. M‘Arthur soon arrived, and Drs. Hume and Fergusson were
telegraphed for.
“Dr M‘Arthur advised a mustard emetic to be given, having
prescribed one with advantage for the Duke several years ago under
similar circumstances. This and other measures were now of no avail. His
Grace became very restless, tried to turn on his left side; occasionally
there were slight twitchings of the left arm. When raised in bed, his
breathing was much more free, and this induced us to place him in an
easy chair, when his respiration became much less embarrassed; his pulse
sank, and His Grace was now placed more horizontally; the pulse rallied
for a little time, and then gradually declined; the breathing became
more feeble; and at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock p.m., His
Grace breathed his last. So easy and gentle was the transition, that for
the moment it was doubted. A mirror was held before His Grace's mouth;
its brightness was undimmed, and he was no more.
“JOHN WHITAKER
HULKE.
In 1855, John volunteered his services during the Crimean War, and was for
some time Assistant Surgeon to the British Civil Hospital at Smyrna. In the
following year he was attached to the General Hospital before Sebastopol. At
the conclusion of the war he returned to England, became a Fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons in 1857, and in the same year was appointed
Assistant Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields. John
was editor of the "Report on Surgery" section of A Year-Book of Medicine & Surgery -1859,
and that same year he received the Jacksonian Prize for his essay published
in 1861 under the title of A practical treatise on the use of the ophthalmoscope.
In 1862, John was appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital,
becoming full Surgeon to this hospital in 1870, and from 1879 to the time of
his death he was Senior Surgeon. John retained his connection with the
Moorfields Eye Hospital, becoming full Surgeon there, and, on his
retirement, Consulting Surgeon. In 1883, John published A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical
John's long official connection with the Royal College of Surgeons began by
his appointment to the Board of Examiners in 1880. This office he held for
two periods, retiring finally in 1890. In 1881 he became a member of the
Council of the College, was Vice-President in 1888, and again in 1891, and
in the latter year delivered the Bradshaw Lecture. In 1893 he was elected
President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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An example of the palaeontological work of
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In addition to his career as a
surgeon, John was an enthusiastic amateur scientist, and collector and
student of dinosaur fossils. He wrote over 50 palaeontological papers, of
which 28 were devoted to dinosaurs. Many of these were published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society,
between 1869 and 1887. In 1882, John was elected President of the Geological
Society of London, and in 1887, the Society awarded him their highest honor,
the Wollaston Medal.
After his death, John's extensive fossil collection of over 387 vertebrate
specimens was donated to the Natural History Museum in London.
As a palaeontologist in the second half of the 19th century, John Hulke
became involved in the sometimes vitriolic debates on evolution. The
proposed link between dinosaurs and birds (now no longer controversial) was
at the time considered a significant proof point of Darwinism, and was
widely debated. Hulke's work on an Iguanodon fossil showed it to be
a pelvic bone, not a scapula as previously thought, and had clear similarity
to the pelvic bones of birds. Hulke's open support of Professor Huxley, an
agnostic who was leading the charge showing a dinosaur-bird link, was
significant because of Hulke's Calvinistic religious beliefs. In Archetypes and Ancestors: Palaeontology in Victorian
London, 1850-1875 p134 (University of Chicago Press, 1984),
Adrian Desmond notes that:
Entering geology laterally, as it were, at the
moment of Huxley's triumph, Hulke proved not only a competent morphologist
but a formidable ally. Perhaps even a natural one, despite (or rather
because of) his Calvinistic leaning; he was a man of "strict" views and
"austerity that amounted to harshness". Of Dutch Reformed descent, he was
deeply religious; The Lancet commented
that "his Protestantism was of the intolerant kind", to the degree that
his judgments sometimes "seemed unnecessarily severe". This perhaps
complemented Huxley's equally harsh 'scientific Calvinism', which banished
"special providences" and left a rigidly-determined universe. Certainly
Hulke took an immediate liking to his agnostic counterpart and entered the
palaeontological fray on Huxley's side against the Romantic and "liberal"
Owen.
19 February 1895, at Old Burlington
Street, Westminster, London, England, of broncho-pneumonia following
influenza.
23 February 1895, at the New Deal
cemetery, Deal, Kent, England
British
Medical Journal 2 March 1895 p493
FUNERAL OF THE
LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
At the funeral of Mr Hulke at Deal. on
Saturday, the institutions with which he was connected were officially
represented as follows:– The Royal College of Surgeons by Mr. Reginald
Harrison and Mr Alfred Willett (Vice-Presidents), and Mr Sibert Cowell
(Assistant Secretary); the Laboratories of the Royal Colleges of
Physicians and Surgeons by Dr. G. Sims Woodhead; the Middlesex Hospital
by Dr. Kingston Fowler, Mr. Pearce Gould, Mr. G. H. Lock (Mr Hulke's
house-surgeon), and Mr. C. J. Armson and Mr. S. E. Trench (representing
the Hospital Medical School); the Clinical Society by Mr. John Langton
and Dr. O. Holman; the Geological Society by Mr. R. Lydekker
(Vice-President). Mr. Harrison also represented the Royal Medical and
Chirurgical Society. On arrival at Deal the body was met by Mr. F. B.
Hulke, a nephew of the deceased. The other mourners included the Mayor,
Town Clerk, and Rector of Deal; Mr. E. Willmott, Dr. S. Plumbe, Messrs.
Lewis, Sydney, F. B., and Walter Hulke, Major Plumbe, Mr. G. Barnett,
Dr. Spreate, and Mr. F. Leney. The service was conducted by the Rev. D.
Bruce Payne, Vicar of St. George's, Deal. The coffin plate bore the
inscription: “John Whitaker Hulke, F.R.S., born 6th Nov., 1830, died
19th February, 1895.” On the same day a memorial service was held at St.
James's, Piccadilly, and was attended by representatives of the Royal
College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians, of the Middlesex
Hospital, the Geological Society, and the British Museum, and by many
members of the medical profession in London. In our notice of the life
of Mr. Hulke published on February 23rd, we omitted to recall the fact
that he was the President of the Ophthalmological Society from 1886 to
1889, and that he delivered the Bowman Lecture for 1890, the subject
being Sir William Bowman's Work in Relation to Ophthalmology.
Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London Vol LVIII from April 25th 1895 to June 20
1895 page xlix
JOHN
WHITAKER HULKE was born in the year 1830,
and died on Tuesday, the 19th of February, 1895. The immediate cause of
his death was broncho-pneumonia following influenza, and apparently
caused by a chill taken when attending, in the early morning, a serious
case at the Middlesex Hospital. Mr. Hulke was the son of a well-known
surgeon of Deal, in which town his family had resided for several
generations, and where his mortal remains are now laid to rest. Mr.
Hulke received his early education at a private boarding school, where
it appears he was very unhappy, and he was therefore quite ready to
appreciate the kindness which, notwithstanding the roughness of school
life, he experienced at the Moravian College at Neuweid, where his
education was continued from 1843 to 1845 ; it was here that he gained
his intimate knowledge of the German language, and the groundwork of his
acquaintance with natural history; here also, in the Eifel district, his
interest in geology was first awakened.
Returning to England, he studied
at King's College School during 1846 and 1847, entering the medical
department of that college in 1849, where for the following few years he
underwent his medical training.
In 1855 he was attached to the
medical staff of the General Hospital in the Crimea, and in March of
that year was doing duty in the English Hospital at Smyrna. Here
the medical officers appear to have had comparatively comfortable
quarters, but often very few patients. Some excitement was kept up
by a band of brigands roaming the neighbourhood, and on one occasion, a
doctor of the town, having been carried off by them in the hope of
ransom, Mr. Hulke was among the first to start to the rescue. In
September he left Smyrna for the camp before Sebastopol in the hope of
gaining more experience, and here, during the winter of 1855-56, owing
to the severe climate and other causes, he had a very trying time, on
more than one occasion narrowly escaping the shots of the Russians, but,
as he himself has said, gaining in those few months years of
experience. Letters sent home to Deal at this time contain graphic
accounts of his surroundings, but no word of complaint of the hardships
undergone.
On returning to England he became
a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and received the appointment
of Assistant-Surgeon to the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, in
1857. His well-known and classical essay on 'Diseases of the
Retina' was written soon afterwards, and was awarded the Jacksonian
Prize of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1859. Not long after
this he published a treatise on the ophthalmoscope, an instrument in use
in Germany, but at that time not known to English practitioners.
Besides other works relating to diseases of the eye, Mr. Hulke
made many contributions to general surgery, which were published in the
'Medicochirurgical Transactions,' and elsewhere.
In the year 1862 Mr. Hulke was
appointed Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital, and it was here that the
chief of his life's work may be said to have been accomplished.
His skill as an operator became widely known, while the keen
interest which he took in his patients, and his kindly sympathy with
them were best appreciated by those who in their trouble and sickness
were so fortunate as to be under his care. He eventually became
senior surgeon to this hospital, a post he retained until the time of
his death.
In 1876 he was appointed Examiner
to the Royal College of Surgeons, and in 1880 became a member of the
Court of Examiners; in 1881 he was elected a member of the Council, in
1888, a Vice-President, and in 1893 President, which latter position he
held at the time of his death. In 1883 he was President of both the
Pathological and Geological Societies.
Mr. Hulke was admitted to the
Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1867, his claim being based
exclusively on researches relating to the anatomy and physiology of the
retina in man and the lower animals, particularly the reptiles.
These were embodied in two papers in the 'Philosophical
Transactions' ("On the Anatomy of the Fovea centralis of the
Human Retina," and "On the Chameleon's Retina"), and in a paper on the
"Retina of Amphibia and Reptiles," in the first volume of the 'Journal
of Anatomy and Physiology.' These are characterised by patient and
conscientious minuteness in the working out and description of details
and cautious reserve in drawing inferences. Probably the most important
and permanently valuable of Mr. Hulke's researches was the one relating
to the retina of the chameleon, which the abundant material at his
disposal enabled him to elaborate in a more complete manner than had
before been possible.
In judging of the value of
histological work done nearly a generation ago, it must be remembered
that at that time the minute anatomist had to work alone. Hulke
was the first in this country to follow in the footsteps of Max Schultze
and Heinrich Müller - the first to employ those, at that time, new
methods of research which have rendered it possible to acquire that
relatively perfect knowledge of the fine structure of the organs of
special sense which we now possess. If the work of Hulke and his
contemporaries is unknown, as no doubt it is to the student of the
present day, it is not because it was unimportant, but rather because
the anatomical facts then made out for the first time with very
imperfect means of investigation, have been presented to him in sharper
outline by men who, after all, only built on the foundations laid by
their predecessors. Hulke very soon after he became a Fellow of
the Royal Society transferred his allegiance to geology, between which
and his profession as a consulting surgeon his energies were thenceforth
to be divided. Had he continued his anatomical studies he would
without doubt have attained to the foremost rank among physiological
anatomists.
During the quarter of a century
which followed his first contributions to geological science, Mr. Hulke
found leisure to apply himself to research in this field,
notwithstanding his constantly increasing practice. He did so to so good
a purpose that he became a palæontologist of no ordinary merit.
His knowledge of comparative anatomy, and especially of osteology,
enabled him rapidly to grasp the meaning of structures presented by the
remains of fossil vertebrates ; and this, combined with a naturally keen
perception and a rigid adherence to facts, soon caused his
opinion on palæontological matters to be sought, and held in the
highest estimation.
It was the fossil Reptilia which
more especially occupied Mr. Hulke's attention, and his numerous papers
on their osteology are a monument to his industry. Many of the
fossils which he described were, in part at least, freed from the
matrix by his own facile chisel ; and in this mechanical work, as he
himself has said, he often found relaxation when his mind was
over-wrought by professional anxieties.
Mr. Hulke's well-earned vacations
were often spent at localities of geological interest, more especially
with a view to working out the fossils which might be obtained.
For this purpose he paid many visits to Brook, in the Isle of
Wight, from whence have come many specimens of Wealden Dinosauria ; near
here also, at Brixton, was preserved the unique collection of these
Wealden reptiles, made by the Rev. W. Fox. For many years Mr.
Hulke was the only palæontologist who had free access to this collection
; and he did much good work in bringing to light its hidden treasures,
which otherwise remained almost unknown until after the death of their
owner, when they were transferred to the British Museum.
In the year 1868 Mr. Hulke was
elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and from that time
onwards the pages of the Quarterly Journal of that Society were
frequently enriched by his writings. No fewer than six of his
papers were published in the two volumes which followed the year of his
election, and these with one exception were descriptions of Saurian
remains from the Kimmeridge
clay of Dorset. Several other papers on reptiles from the
same locality appeared in subsequent volumes ; and many contributions to
the osteology of this interesting group of reptiles have appeared in the
'Quarterly Journal' of the Geological Society, and in the 'Philosophical
Transactions' of the Royal Society.
Our first knowledge of the
cranium of Iguanodon was due to Mr. Hulke's work upon a specimen
from the Isle of Wight, which did not include facial bones, and the
affinities of which it was by no means easy to determine.
In 1873 and 1874 he made
additions to our knowledge of the small Wealden Dinosaur, which had been
named by Professor Huxley Hypsilophodon Foxii ; and in 1882
a still more important memoir on the same species was published in the
'Philosophical Transactions.'
In 1874 and 1876 Mr. Hulke showed
that a certain bone of Iguanodon which had been regarded as a
scapula, was really a part of the pelvis ; and, indeed, it proved
to be the remarkable pubis of that reptile, which so nearly resembles
that of a bird.
In 1879 the two genera, Poikilopleuron
and Megalosaurus, were shown by Hr. Hulke to be one and the same
Dinosaurian genus. In the same year he described the remains of a
new Wealden Dinosaur under the name of Vectisaurus Valdensis ;
and in 1880 he made known one of the most perfect Iguanodons discovered
in this country which had been found in the Kimmeridge clay of Cumnor ;
this was named Iguanodon Prestwichii.
In the following year there
appeared in the 'Philosophical Transactions' Mr. Hulke's memoir on Polocanthus
Foxii. This remarkable Dinosaur, the name for which had been
suggested by Sir R. Owen, has a large dermal shield spread out above the
iliac bones in such a way as to form a kind of carapace over the lumbar
and sacral regions ; besides this, large spines and scutes were attached
to other parts of the body.
Mr. Hulke's presidential
addresses to the Geological Society, 1883-4, formed an important
contribution to our knowledge of reptilian osteology, and especially
threw light on the structure of the shoulder girdle in Plesiosaurs and
their allies.
The Iguanodont remains found in
England have been more or less fragmentary, and discoveries made by
other workers helping to elucidate their structures were hailed by Hr.
Hulke with satisfaction ; no one more heartily rejoiced than he did when
the rich treasures of the Belgian Wealden rocks were brought to light by
the geologists of that country, and they made the discovery of the
series of magnificently perfect Iguanodon skeletons, several of
which now adorn the Museum of Natural History at Brussels.
Mr. Hulke was for many years on
the Council of the Geological Society , and the high esteem in which he
was held by the leading geologists of the day, as well as their thorough
appreciation of his palæontological work, found expression by their
electing him, in 1882, to fill the Presidential chair of the Society,
and, in 1887, by their presenting him with the Wollaston Gold Medal, the
greatest honours it was in their power to bestow. In 1891 he was
elected Foreign Secretary of the Geological Society, which office he
still held at the time of his decease.
Beloved and respected by all who
knew him, Mr. Huke will long be lamented as a Christian gentleman.
J. B. S
E.T.N
British
Medical Journal 23 February 1895 p451
OBITUARY.
JOHN WHITAKER HULKE, F.R.S.,
President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England:
Senior Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital.
IT
seems but the other day that the profession of medicine in this country
had to sorrow with the College of Physicians in the unexpected demise of
its President, and now we have to express profound regret that a similar
calamity has befallen the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Mr.
Hulke, though he never, at least for many years past, presented the
appearance of one endowed with a robust physical constitution, was yet
until the other day apparently in the enjoyment of excellent health, and
there seemed every reason to suppose that he had still many years of
useful and honourable work before him. There can be no doubt that he has
fallen a victim to the unreserved manner in which he devoted himself to
the duties of the many honourable offices which had accumulated upon
him, and to his unflinching determination to carry out these duties at
whatever cost to himself.
Mr Hulke attended a meeting of the Clinical Society, of which he
was President, on February 8th; and we understand that during the bitter
cold of that night, or rather in the early hours of Saturday morning, he
obeyed an urgent summons to attend a case of strangulated hernia at the
Middlesex Hospital, to which he was senior surgeon. Shortly afterwards
he was seized with symptoms of influenza, which was followed by
broncho-pneumonia, and in spite of the unremitting attention of his
colleagues, Dr. Douglas Powell and Dr. Kingston Fowler, he succumbed to
this insidious disease at noon on February 19th. The incident is made
the more pathetic by the fact that his lifelong companion and fellow
worker, Mrs. Hulke, was at the same time suffering from a dangerous
attack of influenza.
John Whitaker Hulke was born in 1830, and was the elder son of a
highly esteemed surgeon at Deal, where the family had been resident for
many generations. His ancestors, who bore originally the name of
Hulcher, had left their native Low Countries during the persecutions of
the Duke of Alva in the sixteenth century, and their descendant probably
owed to his sturdy Puritan ancestors certain traits conspicuous in his
character. The father attended the great Duke of Wellington during his
last illness in September, 1852, and Mr Hulke was associated with his
father in the treatment of this illustrious patient, and was present at
his death. The late President of the College of Surgeons was educated at
King's College School, and before becoming a medical student spent two
years in Germany. He entered the medical school of King's College in
1849, and was dresser to the late Sir William Bowman, House Surgeon to
Sir William Fergusson, and subsequently became Medical Tutor in
succession to the late Dr. Brinton. But though this
last office was the more honourable, we believe that we are justified in
saying that his most important service to the College was the manner in
which be discharged the duties of Chairman of the Joint Committee of the
two Royal Colleges charged with the management of the Laboratories on
the Embankment. He was a member of this Committee at its first
appointment in 1889, and was immediately elected its Chairman—an office
which he held at the time of his death. His interest in the work carried
on there was never-failing, and it may safely be said that in his
capacity of Chairman be rendered most valuable services to the
laboratories and the Colleges. He showed great tact in dealing with
knotty questions arising from time to time in connection with the
carrying on of the work in the laboratories; and his sound common sense,
directness of purpose, and strict integrity, impressed all with whom he
came in contact, in this capacity, in a most remarkable manner. His last
official work in connection with the laboratories was to make
arrangements for the co-operation of the Colleges with the Metropolitan
Asylums Board in carrying on an extensive investigation into the
causation of diphtheria, and in providing the hospitals under the Board
with antitoxic serum for the treatment of this disease.
As an examiner, Mr. Hulke had the reputation of being
scrupulously fair and painstaking; he was free from “fads” and although
considered somewhat severe by the candidates he was known by his
colleagues to be only what an examiner should be—thoroughly searching
and absolutely impartial. Students found it impossible to evade his
questions, which were well pushed home until it was clear that the
student knew his subject or did not. When elected a member of the
Council of the College, as those who knew him anticipated, Mr. Hulke
from the very first showed himself possessed of distinctly conservative
tendencies. He had no sympathy with the movement set on foot by those
Fellows and Members who desired to take part in the government of the
College, and he opposed most strenuously the proposal that was made in
the year 1884 to delegate to the Fellows the election of the President
on the nomination of the Council. He always upheld the powers of the
Council, and maintained the view that, as the Council was responsible
for the good government of the College, so it should take upon itself
full responsibility of action without seeking the advice of the Fellows
and Members on the various Collegiate questions as they arose. Mr. Hulke
was re-elected to the Council in 1889. He was greatly interested in the
development of the museum, and it may safely be said that no member of
the Council was more intimately acquainted with the work done there, or
with the immense value of the additions made to the various collections
by the late and present conservators—Sir William Flower and Professor
Stewart—for whose abiilities he had the highest admiration; whilst he
himself, as a member of the Museum Committee, was constantly
endeavouring to add to the usefulness of the collection.
His time was always at the disposal of the College, and, whilst
he often appeared to be taking little part in the various questions
under discussion, the weight of his opinion was always thrown in the
balance, and on many occasions, as those who have sat on committees with
him well know, his quietly expressed opinion has been the turning point
in the discussion, and was always for the elevation of the College both
as a scientific and as an examining body. As a member of the Committee
of Management Mr. Hulke brought a long and useful experience to bar on
the educational matters concerning the College, and his loss on this
Committee will be severely felt. He was also one of the delegates
representing the Royal College of Surgeons before the Gresham University
Commission. In 1888 and again in 1891 Mr. Hulke held the office of
Vice-President of the College, and in the latter year he delivered the
Bradshaw Lecture.
During his tenure of office as President of the College, he
showed himself to be gifted with excellent business capacities, and has
been looked upon as a “strong” man. Though holding very decided opinions
he has gained the respect of those who in policy were bitterly opposed
to him.
Mr. Hulke was a man of somewhat complex character not easily to
be summed up in a few words. He was esteemed most by those who knew him
best, but even those who sometimes considered that his decided and
openly expressed opinions bordered perhaps on prejudice, always felt
constrained to respect the integrity and directness of purpose which
characterised his words and actions.
Punctilious and precise himself in all business matters—it is
stated that he never failed to attend every meeting of every
subcommittee of the Council of the College of Surgeons of which he was a
member—he was disposed to expect a similar exactitude in others. There
was a certain austerity in his address and in his manner of expressing
his judgment on matters of business and sometimes also on those with
whose opinions he was in conflict At the same time there was another
side to his character not difficult to discover, and all those who were
brought into social relation with him quickly found that under this
austere manner was concealed a fund of geniality and of kindly humour,
not spontaneous, perhaps, but easily elicited. He was a man of wide
reading and considerable linguistic acquirements, and he kept himself
well acquainted with foreign publications on those departments of
science in which he was interested. As a clinical teacher he worked
rather by demonstration and questioning than by didactic teaching. He
insisted upon thorough, painstaking, and intelligent examination, and
sought to train the students not only to an accurate observation of the
phenomena of disease but to reason from them for themselves.
In 1883 Mr. Hulke succeeded Dr. Samuel Wilks as President of the
Pathological Society, and it is a curious proof of the eminence which he
had attained in two departments of science that he was at the same time
also President of the Geological Society. In 1893 he became President of
the Clinical Society of London, of which he was an original member, and,
as has been already said, one of his last public acts was to reside over
a meeting of that Society. He was to have delivered the Hunterian
Oration before the Royal College of Surgeons on February 14th, and the
oration, which appears in another column, has been printed from the
manuscript, probably the last to which he put his hand, which he had
prepared for this occasion. When the day for the Hunterian festival came
round, the hand of death had already been laid upon the orator, and a
pathetic interest thus attaches to the eulogium which he had intended to
pronounce upon Hunter.
Though Mr. Hulke can hardly be described as a voluminous writer,
a large number of papers were contributed by him to the Transactions of
various societies, especially to those of the Royal Medical and
Chirurgical Society; and he frequently intervened with effect in the
discussions at the medical societies in London. His earlier
contributions to literature were mainly on the subject of the minute
anatomy of the eye, and the anatomy of the retina of amphibia and
reptiles was the topic of his first paper in the Proceedings
of the Royal Society. His first contribution to palæontology
was published in the Geological Society's quarterly journal in 1869, and
thereafter follows, in the Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific
Papers, a long list of papers on saurians, reptilian fossils,
ichthyosaurian remains, the two latest important contributions being
descriptions of Iguanodon prestwichii (a new species from the clay at
Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset (1880)) and of Polacanthus foxi (a large
undescribed dinosaur from the Wealden formation in the Isle of Wight).
We are indebted to Mr Timothy Holmes for the following estimate
of Mr Hulke's work as a surgeon:—
“It is difficult at the present moment, when our minds are full
of the feelings of personal loss for one who had so many claims on the
gratitude and love of his friends, to form a cool, unbiassed judgment of
the surgical work of the late President of the College of Surgeons.
“Mr. Hulke, in surgery as in all that he attempted, was more
studious of thoroughness and efficiency than of originality or effect.
His mind was eminently conservative, and averse to change for its own
sake. He was, besides, deeply read in the surgical literature of our own
and other countries, especially Germany, and had the most profound
veneration for the doctrines inculcated by the great authors who have
passed away. Nevertheless, his practical sagacity led him to investigate
every proposal for the advancement of surgical treatment with a genuine
desire for improvement with which no prejudice was allowed to interfere;
and those who were privileged to attend his practice know that he was
always eager to test any new proposal which seemed to justify its
adoption by proved success, or even trustworthy reasoning. He was not a
voluminous author. His contributions to general surgery are mainly to be
found in the System of Surgery,
of the third edition of which he was joint editor; and those who will
read the articles in that work on Tetanus, on Injuries of the Head and
of the Upper Extremity, and on Ophthalmic Surgery will be able to
estimate the essentially practical character of the man, how ample his
own experience had been, and how successfully daring he could be in
grave emergencies; and yet how modestly he consented to revive the
labours of other men. To the medical societies he was an unwearied and
most fertile contributor; few men of his standing were more punctual at
the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, or had contributed more to
its Transactions. He had
served the Society in the honourable and laborious office of Librarian
for many years, and its Council will suffer a loss from his death which
they will find it difficult indeed to supply. He had served the office
of President of the Pathological Society, and was actually President of
the Clinical Society at the time of his death. His contributions to the
journals were not numerous, but they were valuable.
“He had filled the great office of President of the College of
Surgeons for nearly two years, and although his management of the
College was on lines mere Conservative than those advocated in this JOURNAL:
though he was averse from changes which seem necessary to some, he
conducted his opposition in the spirit of a high-minded gentleman, not
afraid to state his opinion and not unable to defend it with vigour, but
sure to make himself respected and to respect the liberty of opinion of
his opponents.
“If it be true that the cause of his death was exposure to cold
on one of the bitter nights we have lately experienced, while attending
a call to the hospital, it is an appropriate ending to a life devoted to
active surgical pursuits. Though he was far from being a man of strong
constitution Hulke was the last man in the world to spare himself or to
neglect any call of duty from personal considerations, and many of his
friends can testify to the zeal with which he placed his ripe experience
and knowledge at the service of those in distress.
“Such, in a few words, was the late President—emphatically a good
surgeon, a man of ripe and safe judgment; who shrank from no danger and
no emergency, who might possibly have taken a still higher position in
the future if he had been more careful to keep his great qualities
before the eyes of the public; but who thought more of the interests of
his patients and of his art than of his own; who was satisfied to do his
duty; and of whom more than of most it could be said that he used his
talent ‘as ever in his great Taskmaster’s eye.’”
We are indebted to Mr. Arthur Smith Woodward, Assistant Keeper in
the Department of Geology of the British Museum, for the following
estimate of Mr. Hulke's services to geology:
“Mr. Hulke was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in
1868, becoming President in 1882-83, 1883-84. He received the Wollaston
Medal in 1887. His address in 1883 dealt with the shoulder-girdle of
extinct marine reptiles (Ichthyosauria and Plesiosauria); that in 1884
referred especially to recent researches on the Dinosaur Iguanodon by
Dolio, of Brussels. He began to study fossil vertebrata in the
collection made by Mr. Mansel (now Mansel Pleydell), of Blandford,
Dorset, in the Kimmeridge clay of the Dorset cliffs. The specimens were
later presented by Mr Mansel Pleydell to the British Museum. Papers by
Mr. Hulke on The Humerus of a Gigantic Land Reptile, Two New Species of
Marine Crocodiles, a Plesiosaurian and an Ichthyosaurian Reptile, from
this collection, were read before the Geological Society, and published
in its journal 1869-71.
“In 1871 he was attracted by the collection of the Rev. William
Fox (now in the British Museum) to study the Wealden reptiles of the
cliffs of Brook and neighbourhood, Isle of Wight. He began to collect
these himself, and found many valuable specimens, which are now in his
own little museum. A new species of Iguanodon (I. seelyi) was dug out by
him in 1870, and described before the Geological Society in 1882. Four
short papers on the bones of another gigantic land reptile from Brook
(Ornithopsis eucamerotus) were also published by the Geological Society
later. But Mr. Hulke's most important memoir was his ‘attempt at a
complete ostcology’ of the small Wealden dinosaur, Hypsilophodon foxi,
published in Phil. Trans.,
1883. Another valuable memoir was that on Polaranthus foxi in the Phil. Trans., 1882, a remarkable
Dinosaur from Brook, completely covered with armour in the hip region.
Other small notes on the pectoral arch and maxilla of Iguanodon appeared
in the Journal of the
Geological Society so recently as 1885-86.
“In 1880 he described an imperfect skeleton of another new
Dinosaur—Iguanodon prestwichi—obtained by Professor Prestwich from
Kimmeridge clay, of Cumnor, Oxford.
“In 1887 he began to study the collection of fossil reptiles made
by Messrs. C. E. and A. N. Leeds, of Eyebury, in the Oxford clay of
Peterborough (now in the British Museum). He described the evidence of
two new Dinosaurian reptiles—Ornithopsis leedsi and Omosaurus
durobrivensis. He afterwards contributed to the Proceedings
of the Zoological Society an important paper on the Osteology
of Mesozoic Crocodiles based on the same collection. His latest paper
was of a controversial nature, on the Shoulder Girdle of the Extinct
Marine Reptiles, Ichthyosauria and Plesiosauria; it was read before the
Royal Society in May, 1892.
“To
sum up, Mr. Hulke made most substantial contributions to our knowledge
of the great extinct land reptiles (Dinosauria) of the Secondary Period,
especially remarkable because all his investigations were carried out in
the leisure of a busy professional career.”
Mr J. W. Hulke was elected a member of the Committee of the
Indigent Blind Visiting Society in May, 1867, and was up to the time of
his death a most active member of that Committee. He, with the late Dr.
Armitage, did a great deal to make the condition of the blind better
than it was thirty years ago; their condition of living was gone into
thoroughly, classes were formed to instruct them, and everything that
two experts like Dr. Armitage and Mr. Hulke could suggest was as far as
possible carried out. Mr. Hulke was for about twenty-five years
examining surgeon to the Society, and examined and certified to every
case that was brought before the Committee until three years ago, when
his honorary office was shared by Mr. A. Q. Silcock.
A special meeting of the Council of the Clinical Society was held
on February 20th, when the following resolution was unanimously adopted
and directed to be transmitted to Mrs. Hulke:—
The Council of the Clinical Society of London has learnt with
deep regret of the death of the President of the Society, John Whitaker
Hulke, F.R.S., one of its original members, among its most earnest
supporters, a highly-gifted and very learned surgeon, who has filled the
office of President with his wonted punctuality, urbanity, and zeal. The
Council begs to offer its heartfelt and regretful sympathy to Mrs. Hulke
in her great sorrow.
The Council resolved also that the next meeting of the Clinical Society,
which was to be held on February 22nd, should be postponed until March
1st, as a sign of respect to the deceased President.
The funeral will take place at Deal on Saturday, February 23rd.
Those who wish to attend the ceremony should travel by a train at 10 A.M.
from Victoria (L.C. & D.R.). A memorial service will be held at 1 P.M.
on the same day at St James’s, Piccadilly.
The Annual Register - A Review of Public Events at
Home and Abroad for the Year 1895 edited by Edmund Burke
(Longmans, Green and Co., 1896):
Obituary:
On the 19th, at Old Burlington Street, W., aged 64, John Whitaker
Hulke, F.R.S., President of the Royal College of Surgeons of
England, eldest son of a surgeon at Deal, who attended the first Duke of
Wellington in his last illness. Educated at King's College School,
London, and in Germany; entered Medical School of King's College, 1849;
appointed Surgeon to British Hospital at Smyrna, 1855; F.R.C.S., 1857;
Assistan Surgeon, King's College Hospital, 1857; Moorfields Eye
Hospital, 1858; Middlesex Hospital, 1859; Senior Surgeon, 1866;
Vice-President of the College of Surgeons, 1884; President, 1893.
Married, 1858.
London Standard 27 April 1895 p7
Mr. John
Whitaker Hulke, of 10, Old Burlington-street, surgeon, President of
the Royal College of Surgeons, who died on the 19th of February last,
aged sixty-four years, leaving personalty of which the gross value has
been entered for probate at 8018l.,
appointed as sole executrix his wife, Mrs. Julia Grace Hulke, and
devised and bequeathed to her all his real and personal estate, but in
the event of her death in his lifetime, the testator bequeathed the
portraits of his father, his grandfather, and his great grandmother to
his nephew, Frederick, and his collection of reptilian fossils to the
British Museum, and all the residue of his property to the Middlesex
Hospital, for a convalescent branch, to be called the Hulke
Convalescent Home.
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: John W. Hulke, lodger, is aged 20, born in Deal, Kent
1856-7: Deal, Kent (Kent
Register of Electors)
1857-8: Deal, Kent (Kent
Register of Electors)
1861: St James Westminster, Middlesex: John W. Hulke, head, is aged 30, born
in Deal, Kent
1871: St James
Westminster, Middlesex
1881: 10 Old
Burlington Street, St James Westminster, Middlesex
1890: 10 Old Burlington Street, St James Westminster, London (London
Register of Electors)
1891: St James Westminster, London: John Whitaker Hucke, head, is aged 60,
born in Deal, Kent
1893: 10 Old Burlington Street, St James Westminster, London (London
Register of Electors)
1894: 10 Old Burlington Street, St James Westminster, London (London
Register of Electors)
1895: 10 Old Burlington Street, St James Westminster, London (London
Register of Electors)
Judith Hulke
1634
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Julius Hulke
1729
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Lewis Iggulden Backhouse Hulke
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Lewis Iggulden Backhouse Hulke
image from Georgia Coleridge
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Louie Helena Mary (Treanor) Hulke and her
daughter Charlotte Anita Hulke
photograph by Lambert Weston,
Folkestone, supplied by Georgia Coleridge
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1867, in Deal, Kent, England
10 May 1867, in St Andrews, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
King's School, Canterbury, Kent,
and Royal Military College
Louie Helena Mary Treanor, in 1895,
in Eastry
district, Kent, England
Louie was born in 1870 in Torquay, Devonshire, the daughter of Thomas
Stanley Treanor and Ann Maria Sillitoe. She died on 6 April 1953, in Dover
district, Kent, England, aged 82.
Census & Addresses:
1881: Deal, Kent
1891: Southlands
Terrace, Deal, Kent
1953: "Caldbeck", Warwick Road, Walmer, Kent (London Gazette 1 May 1953 p2457)
- Charlotte Anita Hulke (1906 - ? ) (recorded this
birth in 1906: Feb 3rd at Ringwood Bangalore the wife of Captain L
I B Hulke The Buffs of a daughter)
Army Officer, serving in The
Buffs (East Kent regiment), reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Gentleman Cadet Lewis Igguldon Backhouse Hulke, from the Royal Military
College, was commissioned second lieutenant in the York and Lancaster
regiment on 14 September 1887 (London Gazette 13 September 1887 p4945) but
transferred almost immediately to The Buffs (East Kent regiment) on 28
September 1887 (London Gazette 27 September 1887 p5265,
with a name correction in London Gazette 4 October 1887 p5378), and
shipped to join his battalion in India, arriving in Bombay from Portsmouth
on the troopship Malabar on 21
March 1888 (Times of India 22 March 1888). Later in
1888 he was recorded in the Buff's 1st Battalion, stationed in Ranikhet (The
India Office and Burma Office List 1888 p251a) but by 1899,
the 1st battalion had moved in Dum Dum, Bengal (Hart's Annual Army List 1889 p237). Lewis
was promoted to lieutenant on 11 Jul 1890 (London Gazette 9 September 1890 p4875). In
1891 the 1st battalion was still stationed in Dum Dum (Hart's Annual Army List 1891 p237) and in
1895 the 1st battalion was stationed in Jullander, Bengal (Hart's Annual Army List 1895 p236), and in
1896-7 stationed in Peshawur, Punjab (Hart's Annual Army List
1896 p237, Hart's Annual Army List 1897 p224). In 1898
the battalion was part of the Malakand Field Force (Hart's Annual Army List 1898 p229). Lewis
was promoted to captain on 26 March 1897 (London Gazette 30 April 1897 p2368) and
wounded in action on 27 September 1897, participating in the Malakland
Field Force - "Captain L. I. B. Hulke, 1st Battalion East Kent
Regiment (The Buffs), slight, gunshot." (London Gazette 11 January 1898 p157). The
action in which Lewis was wounded is described by Winston Churchill, then a
war reporter:
The Story of the Malakand Field Force p212-7
(Winston L. Spencer Churchill, 1901)
The village of Zagai stands in a similar situation to that of
Domodoloh. On either side long spurs advance into the valley, and the
houses are built in terraces on the sides of the hollow so formed. Great
chenar trees growing in all
their luxuriant beauty out of the rocky ground by the water-course mark
the hillside with a patch of green in contrast to the background of
sombre brown. As the troops approached in fine array, the sound of
incessant drumming was faintly heard, varied from time to time by the
notes of a bugle. The cavalry reconnoitred and trotted off to watch the
flank, after reporting the place strongly occupied. The enemy displayed
standards on the crests of the spurs. The advance continued: the Guides
on the left, the 38th Dogras in the centre, the Buffs on the right, and
the 35th Sikhs in reserve. Firing began on the left at about nine
o’clock, and a quarter of an hour later the guns came into action near
the centre. The Guides and Buffs now climbed the ridges to the right and
left. The enemy fell back according to their custom, “sniping”. Then the
38th pushed forward and occupied the village, which was handed over to
the sappers to destroy. This they did most thoroughly, and at eleven
o’clock a dense white smoke was rising from the houses and the stacks of
bhoosa. Then the troops were
ordered to withdraw. “Facilis ascensus
Averni sed ...;” without allowing the quotation to lead me into
difficulties, I will explain that while it is usually easy to advance
against an Asiatic, all retirements are matters of danger. While the
village was being destroyed, the enemy had been collecting. Their
figures could be distinguished on the top of the mountain—a numerous
line of dark dots against the sky ; others had tried to come, from the
adjoining valleys on the left and right. Those on the right succeeded,
and the Buffs were soon sharply engaged. On the left the cavalry again
demonstrated the power of their arm. A large force of tribesmen,
numbering at least 600 men, endeavoured to reach the scene of action. To
get there, however, they had to cross the open ground, and this, in face
of the Lancers, they would not do. Many of these same tribesmen had
joined in the attack on the Malakand, and had been chased all across the
plain of Khàr by the fierce Indian horsemen. They were not ambitious to
repeat the experience. Every time they tried to cross the space, which
separated them from their friends, Captain Cole trotted forward with his
squadron, which was only about fifty strong, and the tribesmen
immediately scurried back to the hills. For a long time they were
delayed, and contented themselves by howling out to the sowars, that
they would soon “make mincemeat of them,” to which the latter replied
that they were welcome to try. At length, realising that they could not
escape the cavalry, if they left the hills, they made a long circuit and
arrived about half an hour after the village was destroyed and the
troops had departed.
Nevertheless, as soon as the retirement was seen to be in
progress, a general attack was made all along the line. On the left, the
Guides were threatened by a force of about 500 men, who advanced
displaying standards, and waving swords. They dispersed these and drove
them away by a steady long-range fire killing and wounding a large
number. On the right, the Buffs were harassed by being commanded by
another spur. Lieutenant Hasler’s company, which I accompanied, was
protected from this flanking fire by the ground. A great many bullets,
however, hummed overhead, and being anxious to see whence these were
coming, the lieutenant walked across the crest to the far side. The
half-company here was briskly engaged. From a point high up the mountain
an accurate fire was directed upon them. We tried to get the range of
this point with the Lee-Metford rifles. It was, as nearly as could be
determined, 1400 yards. The tribesmen were only armed with
Martini-Henrys. They nevertheless made excellent practice. Lieutenant R.
E. Power was shot through the arm and, almost immediately afterwards,
Lieutenant Keene was severely wounded in the body. Luckily the bullet
struck his sword-hilt first or he would have been killed. Two or three
men were also wounded here. Those, who know the range and power of the
Martini-Henry rifle, will appreciate the skill and marksmanship, which
can inflict loss even at so great a range.
As the retirement proceeded, the tribesmen came to closer
quarters. The Buffs, however, used their formidable weapon with great
effect. I witnessed one striking demonstration of its power. Lieutenant
F. S. Reeves remained behind with a dozen men to cover the withdrawal of
his company, and in hopes of bringing effective fire to bear on the
enemy, who at this time were pressing forward boldly. Three hundred
yards away was a nullah, and along this, they began running, in hopes of
cutting off the small party. At one point, however, the line of their
advance was commanded by our fire. Presently a man ran into the open.
The section fired immediately. The great advantage of the rifle was that
there was no difficulty about guessing the exact range, as the fixed
sight could be used. The man dropped—a spot of white. Four others rushed
forward. Again there was a volley. All four fell and remained
motionless. After this we made good our retreat almost unmolested.
As soon as the troops were clear of the hills, the enemy occupied
the rocks and ridges, and fired at the retreating soldiers. The Buff’s
line of retirement lay over smooth, open ground. For ten minutes the
fire was hot. Another officer¹ and seven or eight men dropped. The
ground was wet and deep, and the bullets cutting into the soft mud, made
strange and curious noises. As soon as the troops got out of range, the
firing ceased, as the tribesmen did not dare follow into the open.
On the extreme left, considerable bodies of the enemy appeared,
and for a moment it seemed, that they would leave the hills, and come
into the plain. The cavalry, however, trotted forward, and they ran back
in confusion, bunching together as they did so. The battery immediately
exploded two shrapnel shells in their midst with great effect. This
ended the affair, and the troops returned to camp. The casualties were
as follows:—
BRITISH
OFFICERS.
Wounded severely—2nd Lieutenant G. N. S. Keene.
„
slightly—Captain L. I. B. Hulke.
„ „
Lieutenant R. E. Power.
BRITISH
SOLDIERS.
Killed Wounded
Buffs
1
10
(Died
of wounds)
NATIVE RANKS.
Wounded
38th
Dogras
2
Total
casualties, 16
¹ Since three officers are named as wounded in this action, and the
woundings of Power and Keene are specified earlier, I conclude that this
officer was likely Captain Hulke.
Hart's Annual Army List 1899 p230a
Captain Hulke served with the Zhob Valley Expedition in 1890. Served in
the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William
Lockhart in 1897-98 with the 1st Battalion the Buffs with the Malakand
Field Force including the operations in Bajour and the Mohmand country,
and with the Utman Khel Column of the Malakand Field Force - wounded
(Clasp).
In 1899 the 1st battalion was stationed in Kamptee, Bombay presidency, (Hart's Annual Army List 1899 p229). On 7
March 1902 Lewis was seconded for service as an adjutant of Indian
Volunteers (London Gazette 20 June 1902 p4051). He was
promoted to major on 23 June 1906 (London Gazette 22 June 1906 p4305), and
then to lieutenant-colonel on 7 February 1915 (London Gazette 16 March 1915 p2706). Lewis
was appointed to temporary command of the Special Reserve Battalion of the
Yorkshire Light Infantry on 18 January 1917 (London Gazette 26 January 1917 p962). He
was "brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for
distinguished services rendered in connection with the War" on 25 January
1919 (London Gazette 23 January 1917 p944), and
on 7 February 1919 we see him, now sporting the C.M.G. appellation, moved
from command of his battalion to the half-pay list (London Gazette 5 December 1919 p15170) and
immediately back again to continue in command of the 3rd Yorkshire Light
Infantry Special Reserves (London Gazette 5 December 1919 p15171),
then back to the half-pay list on 30 September 1919 (London Gazette 16 December 1919 p15714).
Lewis retired on 1 July 1920 (London Gazette 29 June 1920 p7079) and on
11 March 1922 he ceased to belong to the Reserve of Officers, having
attained the age limit of liability to recall (London Gazette 10 March 1922 p2129).
Major L. I. B. Hulke, of The Buffs is
recorded arriving in Singapore on the steamer Atsuta
Maru on 6 March 1912 (The Straits Times 12 March 1912 p8).
1925, in Eastry
district, Kent, England
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Kings School, Canterbury,
Kent
Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe
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Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe
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3 October 1826, in Deal, Kent,
England
1 November 1826, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
Samuel
Alderson Plumbe on 30 September 1852, in St. Andrew's, Deal, Kent,
England
Samuel Alderson Plumbe is recorded as a physician, a bachelor, resident in
London, the son of Samuel Plumbe, surgeon. Louisa Burton Hulke is recorded
as a spinster, resident in Deal, the daughter of William Hulke, surgeon. The
marriage was witnessed by Henry Plumbe, Margaret Thomson, J. W. Hulke and
Emma Plumbe.
Observer 4 October 1852 p8
MARRIED.—
30th, at St Andrew's Church, Deal, Samuel Alderson Plumbe, M. D.,
Maidenhead, Berks, eldest son of the late Samuel Plumbe, Esq.,
Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, to Louisa Burton, second daughter of
William Hulke, Esq., Deal, Kent
Morning Chronicle 4 October 1852 p8
MARRIED.
On the 30th ult., at Deal, Samuel Alderson Plumbe, M. D., surgeon, of
Maidenhead, Berks, to Louisa Burton, second daughter of William Hulke,
Esq., surgeon, of Deal, Kent.
7 June 1900, at Monkendons, High
Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, aged 73
The Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer, 16 June
1900 p8 column 6
DEATHS.
PLUMBE. - On the 7th inst., at Monkendons, Maidenhead,
Louisa Burton, widow of the late Samuel Alderson Plumbe, M.D., aged 73.
Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England
This is the last Will and Testament of me Louisa
Burton Plumbe of Monkendons Maidenhead in the County of Berks Widow. I
appoint my Sons Samuel Thomson Plumbe and Philip Algernon Plumbe to be the
Executors and Trustees of this my Will I give all my wearing apparel
jewellery and trinkets unto my daughters in equal shares. I devise and
bequeath all my property and effects not hereby otherwise disposed of unto
my Trustees Upon trust that they shall at their discretion sell call in
and convert into money the same or such part thereof that shall not
consist of money and shall out of the proceeds thereof and out of my ready
money pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and after such
payments shall divide the same equally amongst all my children. Provided
always that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime leaving a child
or children who shall survive me and being a son or sons shall attain the
age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that
age or marry under that age then and in every such case the last mentioned
child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them)
the share which his her or their parent would have taken of and in the
residuary trust funds if such parent had survived me. And I declare that
the signature of any of my daughters shall alone be a sufficient discharge
for any money that may be paid them In witness whereof I have set my hand
to this my Will the Twenty eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred
and ninety one.
Signed by the said Louisa Burton Plumbe as her last Will in the presence
of us both being present at the same time who in her presence and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Louisa B. Plumbe
William Weed, Solicitor, Maidenhead.
William Nelson Lee, his Clerk.
On the Seventeenth day of August 1900, Probate of this Will was granted at
Oxford to Samuel Thomson Plumbe and Philip Algernon Plumbe, the Sons, the
Executors.
from Probate records in Somerset House, London 1900
PLUMBE Louisa Burton of "Monkendons" High Street
Maidenhead Berkshire Widow died 7 June 1900 Probate Oxford 17 August to
Samuel Thomson Plumbe M.D. and Philip Algernon Plumbe bank-clerk Effects
of £2641 18s 7d.
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: High
Street, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire
1871: Maidenhead,
Berkshire
1881: High Street, Cookham,
Berkshire
1891: 86-90 High Street, Cookham,
Berkshire
Lucy Hulke
1708
William Hulke
Anne (_____) Hulke
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Mabel Backhouse (Hulke) Barker
31 January 1869, at Admiralty House,
Deal, Kent, England
Medical Times and Gazette 6 February 1869 p157
BIRTHS.
HULKE.—On January 31, at Admiralty House, Deal, the wife
of Dr. Fred. Thos. Hulke, of a daughter.
21 April 1869, in St Andrew, Deal,
Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
John Collier Barker in 1894, in Kensington
district, London, England
John was born in 1862, in Hoby, Leicestershire and baptised in Hoby on 1
August 1862, the son of John Collier Barker and Sarah Lydia Payne. He was
educated at Tonbridge school in Kent.
The register of Tonbridge School, from 1820 to 1886
p183 (November 1886)
BARKER, John Collier. 1877-80
Eldest son of the Rev. John Collier Barker. b.
1863. Mem. Roy. Coll. Surg. Author of “Adventures of a Cutter Yacht
in the Channel” and “A Short Description of Diseases of Arteries and
Aneurisms.”
John was a medical practitioner, although in the 1891 census he is listed as
a "physician surgeon not practicing".
Census:
1871: Hinckley,
Leicestershire
1881: Bitton
Road, Bitton, Gloucestershire
1891: Holland
Road, Kensington, London - John is a visitor in the home of his future
wife and mother-in-law.
1901: Clarendon
Road, Watford Urban, Hertfordshire
1911: Watford Urban, Hertfordshire: John Collier Barker is aged 48, born in
Hoby, Yorkshire
- Mona Winifred Barker (1895 - ? )
- Owen Collier Barker (1899 - ? )
- Mabel Brenda Barker (1907 - 1943)
1956, in Watford
district, Hertfordshire, England, aged 87
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1891: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1901: Clarendon
Road, Watford Urban, Hertfordshire
1911: Watford Urban, Hertfordshire: Mabel Blackhouse Barker is aged 42, born
in Deal, Kent
Margaret Hulke
1635
John Hulke
Elizabeth (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Marge (Hulke) Seffery
1600
Robert Hulke
Gene
(Barber) Hulke
John
Seffery
Marie Hulke
1727
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
1768
- Hulke family tree
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- Hulke family tree
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Martha Hulke
1605
Anthony Hulke
Mildred
(Baker) Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Martha Hulke
16 May 1787, in Kent
29 May 1787 in the Parish Church of
Deal, Kent, England
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
16 May 1843, in Deal, Kent, England,
aged 56
The Law Times 20 May 1843 p182
HULKE, Miss, daughter of the late
W. Hulke, Esq., M.D, and sister to B. Hulke, Esq., Town
Clerk of the Borough of Deal, on the l6th inst., at Deal, aged 56.
The Gentleman's Magazine June to December 1843
p107
KENT.—May 16.
At Deal, on her birthday, Martha, eldest dau. of the late William Hulke,
esq. M. D. of that town.
20 May 1843, in Deal, Kent, England
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
Mary (_____) Hulke
John Hulke
Mary Hulke
1621
Anthony Hulke
Mildred
(Baker) Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Mary Hulke
1629
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Mary Ann Hulke
1690
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth (Jopton) Hulke
1711
- Hulke family tree
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- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Mary (Hulke) Larne
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
William Larne
- Hulke family tree
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Mary Ann Hulke
1716
29 June 1716, in the parish church,
Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
1720
Mary Hulke
1720
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Mary Hulke
1727
23 February 1727, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah (_____)
Hulke
Mary Ann Hulke
1735
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Mary Hulke
Hercules Hulke
Elizabeth (Hulke)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree provided by Claire Freestone
Mary Ann (Hulke) Wilmott
1823, in Deal, Kent, England
6 August 1823, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
Edward
Wilmott on 29 October 1846, in Deal, Kent, England
The Patrician vol 2 1846 p387
Wilmott, Edward, Esq. of Lewes, Sussex, to Mary
Ann, eldest daughter of William Hulke, Esq., surgeon, Deal, Kent, 29th
Oct.
14 January 1865, in Hitchin
district, Hertfordshire, England, aged 42
Cambridge Independent Press 21 January 1865
Wilmott—Jan. 14, Hitchin, Mary Ann, the beloved
wife of Edward Wilmott, Esq., aged 42.
in Hitchin cemetery (old section),
Hertfordshire, England
The headstone reads:
Sacred to the memory of / MARY ANN the beloved
wife of / EDWARD WILMOTT esq. of Hitchin / who died 14th Jan 1865 / aged
44 years / EDWARD WILMOTT / who died 8th June ???? / aged ?8 years
1841: Stone Hall,
Great Mongeham, Kent
1851: Abinger
Place, Saint John Under the Castle, Sussex
1861: 3 Landport Terrace,
Portsea, Hampshire
Michael Hulke
1632
John Hulke
Elizabeth (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Mildred Hulke
1631
Anthony Hulke
Mildred
(Baker) Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Priscilla Hulke
1601
Robert Hulke
Gene
(Barber) Hulke
Rachel Hulke
1717
William Hulke
Anne (_____) Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Richard Hulke
1727
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
1734
- Hulke family tree
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- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Robert Hulke
1574
John Hulke
Mary
Gene
Barber in 1595
- Hulke family tree
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- Hulke family tree
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Robert Hulke
1626
John Hulke
Elizabeth (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Robert Hulke
1674
George Hulke
Susan (_____)
Hulke
1683
- Hulke family tree
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- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Robert Shaw King Hulke
1825
9 March 1825, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
9 December 1825, in Deal, Kent,
England
Cinque Ports Herald and Kent and Sussex Advertiser
11 December 1825
Dec. 9, at
Deal, the infant son of Mr. W. Hulke, aged ten months
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The grave monument of Robert Shaw King
Hulke and his parents, William Hulke and Elizabeth Pollard (King)
Hulke in St Leonard's church cemetery, Deal, Kent
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19 December 1825, in St. Leonard
church cemetery, Deal, Kent, England
Samuel Hulke
1725
4 June 1725, in the parish church,
Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah (_____)
Hulke
Sarah Hulke
1632
John Hulke
Ellen (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Sarah Hulke
1669
William Hulke
Ellen
(Whale) Hulke
1680
- Hulke family tree
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- Hulke family tree
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Sarah (Hulke) Pilcher
1705
William Hulke
Anne (_____) Hulke
J.
Pilcher in 1725
1775
Sarah (_____) Hulke
John Hulke
Sarah (Hulke) Dill
6 July 1718
17 July 1718
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
Benjamin Dill on 10 August 1742, in
the parish church, Deal, Kent, England
Sarah Hulke
1729
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
1782
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Sarah Hulke
1735
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
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Sarah Hulke
William Hulke
Mary (Brame) Hulke
1745
- Hulke family tree
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Susan (_____) Hulke
George Hulke
Sydney Backhouse Hulke
8 February 1871, at Admiralty House,
Deal, Kent, England
The Medical Times and Gazette 18 February 1871
p205
BIRTHS.
HULKE.—On February 8, at Admiralty House, Deal, the wife of
Dr. Frederick T. Hulke, of a son.
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Dover College and Middlesex
Hospital
Irene Beatrice Hawkins on 17
April 1901, in St Barnabas, Kensington, London, England
The Lancet 27 April 1901 p1249
MARRIAGES.
HULKE–HAWKINS.—On
April 17th, at St. Barnabas's, Kensington, Sydney Backhouse Hulke,
F.R.C.S. Eng., third son of the late Frederick Thomas Hulke, of
Admiralty House, Deal, to Irene Beatrice, youngest daughter of
Major-General E. L. Hawkins, late R.A.
Irene was the daughter of Major-General E. Lindsay Hawkins. She died on 7
July 1935, in Eastry
district, Kent, aged 62.
- Beatrice Sydney Hulke (1903 - ? )
- Muriel Sydney Hulke (1904 - ? ) m. Brander
Margery Ethel Kemp Hall in
1938, in Hampstead
district, London, England
Margery was born in 1909, in Swindon
district, Wiltshire.
General Practitioner.
Sydney was MRCS 2 February 1893; FRCS 10 June 1897; LRCP 1893
> 10 June 1939, at 127 High Street,
Hungerford, Berkshire, England, aged 68
Old St Mary's church, Walmer, Kent
Plarr's
Lives of the Fellows Online
Born 8 February 1871 at Cemarques, High Street,
Deal, Kent, the eighth child and fourth son of Frederick Thomas Hulke,
FRCS, and Charlotte Backhouse, his wife. He was educated at Dover College
and at the Middlesex Hospital, where his uncle John Whitaker Hulke, FRCS,
was surgeon. He acted as apothecary and house surgeon at the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital in 1895, and afterwards filled the offices of house
surgeon and surgical registrar at the Middlesex Hospital. Called to take
part in the family practice, he spent the whole of his professional life
in Deal. He was medical officer and public vaccinator for the Walmer
district of the Eastry Union and medical officer to the Post Office.
He married (1) in 1901 Irene Beatrice Hawkins, daughter of Major-General E
Lindsay Hawkins; she died on 7 July 1935, leaving him with two daughters,
Beatrice Sydney and Muriel Sydney, who was admitted FRCS and became Mrs
Brander; (2) in 1938 Marjorie Kemp-Hall, who survived him with a daughter.
He retired from practice in July 1936, lived at 21 Platt's Lane,
Hampstead, NW3, and died at 127 High Street, Hungerford on 10 June 1939.
He was buried at Old St Mary's Church, Upper Walmer.
Hulke belonged to a medical family with an unusually long history. They
were driven from the Low Countries by the persecution of the Duke of Alva
and settled in Kent. Sydney Backhouse Hulke was a member of the tenth
generation to practise medicine, while his great-nephew, Frederick Hulke,
MRCS 1943, represents the twelfth generation. In the last five generations
there have been several members of the family holding the diploma of FRCS.
Sources used to compile this entry: [Brit med J 1939, 2,
257; information given by Mrs Muriel Brander, FRCS, his daughter].
1871: Deal, Kent
1881: 20 Holme House, Canterbury,
Kent
Thomas Hulke
1741
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth
(Warren)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Thomas Manley Hulke
5 September 1750
24 September 1750, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent
Benjamin Hulke
Frances
(Manley)
Hulke
Ann Sarah Douglas
Ann was born in 1756 and baptised on 19 May 1756 in St Thomas, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, the daughter of Patrick Douglas and Catherine Eastwood. She was
the sister of Admiral William "Billy" Douglas. Ann died on 10 March 1821,
and was buried on 16 March 1821, in St Botolph, Aldersgate, London, aged 64.
Ann was buried in the family grave of Robert and Charlotte Biggar.
The New Monthly Magazine 1821 p198
Mrs. A. S.
Hulke, of Aldersgate-street, relict of the late T. M. Hulke, esq. R.N.
Naval Officer. Thomas served in
the Royal Navy, reaching the rank of lieutenant before his death at the age
of 38. He was a midshipman aboard the Triumph in 1772, under Captain
Suckling, and one of the other midshipmen at the time was Suckling's nephew,
Horatio Nelson.
Nelson:
A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797 p59 (John Sugden, 2005)
The
nine 'middies' with whom he [Nelson] shared the following year were a
mixed bunch. Almost fourteen, Horace was certainly the youngest,
although whether he experienced any of the bullying that plagues some
midshipmen's mess is doubtful. As the captain's nephew he was plainly
destined for promotion, and help was still readily at hand in his friend
Boyles, now nineteen years old. There was an even older acquaintance
from the Raisonable in the
mess, James Etheridge, a former acting mate who had been recommended to
Suckling by the captain of the Alderney.
The rest of Nelson's companions were
either fresh-faced hopefuls like himself; deserving and experienced men
raised from the ordinary seaman by a benign captain, but without the
prospects of the 'young gentlemen'; or older men who simply lacked the
ability to get promoted and remained trapped as midshipmen, increasingly
humiliated by their advancing years. Among the first of these groups may
have been Richard Puddicomb from Topsham, aged twenty-one; James
Urmston, an Irishman, and Thomas Bagster, a former able seaman from
Cowes, both twenty-four; the Welshman John Morgan, aged twenty-five; and
Thomas Manley Hulke of Deal in Kent. Former able seaman Thomas Jaynes
probably belonged to the second group, having been promoted in June 1771
to fill a hole left by two departing officers, Hamlin and Baker. But the
senior midshipman in the mess may also have been the least able, for
Jonathan Ferry of Woodbridge, Suffolk, another ex-able seaman, was
forty-nine years old.
... It is not surprising, given the difficulty
of the job and the stifling disadvantages of those deficient in
'interest', that most midshipmen never reached commissioned rank. Of the
ten aboard the Triumph only three - Boyles, Hulke and Nelson - ever made
lieutenant.
Thomas was promoted to lieutenant on 9 October 1777 (
The Court and City Register p158). He
was first lieutenant on the
Resource under
Captain Rowley in 1781 when he was mentioned in dispatches for his role in
the
Resource's taking of the
Unicorn off Cape Blaise on the
Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
Naval
and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727-1783
pp209-10 (Beatson, 1804)
His Majesty's ship Resource of
twenty-eight guns commanded by Captain Rowley being sent to cruize off
Cape Blaise, arrived at her station on the 19th of April about noon: and
next day at two in the afternoon a large sail was perceived, bearing
down on her. The Resource was then standing to the S.S.W.; but tacked
and made the private signal. As the ship did not answer it, but kept
bearing down, Captain Rowley beat to quarters, made every preparation
for action, and soon hoisted his colours. About an hour afterwards the
strange ship hoisted French colours, and half an hour after four began
to engage. The Resource did the same; and soon came to close action,
which continued till six o'clock, when the enemy struck. She proved to
be the Unicorn frigate of twenty nine pounders, eight carronades, twelve
pounders, and one hundred and eighty-one men, commanded by the Chevalier
de St. Ture: she had eight men killed and thirty wounded in the action.
The Resource had fifteen men killed and thirty wounded. Among the former
was Mr. High, the gunner; and among the latter, Mr. Edwards, the Second
Lieutenant. Captain Rowley was much pleased with the behaviour of Mr.
Hulke, his First Lieutenant; and indeed with that of all the rest of the
officers and ship's company, which he said was such as did them the
greatest honour. Nor did he forget to mention, the signal services which
he received during the action, from Major Alexander Campbell, the
officers and men of the Loyal American Rangers, and also the
artillerymen, then on board, whose good conduct entitled them to every
commendation he could give. The Unicorn formerly belonged to his
Majesty, but had been captured by the French last year on this station.
She was purchased by Government, and once more added to the Royal Navy.
In 1782 Thomas was stationed in the West Indies. During this time the
Royal Navy won a significant victory at the
Battle
of the Saintes on 12 April 1782 in which a number of French
warships, including the flagship, were captured and a week later four more
French warships were captured at the
Battle
of the Mona Passage, including two 64-gun ships of the line, the
Jason
and the
Caton, both of which had been
damaged in the earlier actions. Thomas Manly Hulke is listed as an officer
of the prize crew assigned to take the
Caton
back to England where she was commissioned into the Royal Navy (
The Life and Correspondence of the Late Admiral Lord
Rodney vol 2 p417).
11 December 1787, in China, aged 38, while serving aboard
the East Indiaman Queen.
The
Gentleman's Magazine vol 63 p465 (1788)
DEATHS.
1787. Dec. 11. In China,
aged 38, Mr Thomas Manley Hulke, of Deal, in Kent, a lieutenant of the
royal navy, and first mate of the Queen East India-man.
Thomas Hulke
1787
Benjamin Hulke
Jane (_____) Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Thomas Manley Hulke
25 April 1789
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
12 July 1831
16 July 1831, in Deal, Kent, England
Thomas Manley Hulke
1822
30 January 1822, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
Ellen Barrett on 16 April 1844, in
Fort William, Bengal, India
Thomas Manley Hulke is recorded as aged 22, the son of William Hulke. Ellen
Barrett is recorded as aged 21, the daughter of William Barrett.
The Indian mail 6 June 1844 p433
MARRIAGES.
April 16. At Fort William, Mr.
T. M. Hulke to Miss E. Barrett.
Bombay Times 4 May 1844
At
Fort William on the 16th April by the Revd H Thomas, Mr TM Hulke to
Miss E Barrett
Ellen was born in 1822/3, the daughter of William Barrett. She died on 11
August 1860, in Calcutta India.
Morning Chronicle 17 October 1860 p16
Hulke.—On the
11th of August, at Calcutta, Ellen, wife of Captain Thomas Manley Hulke.
Officer in the navy of the East
India Company.
Thomas was 3rd officer of the Phlegethon
and participated in an attack on Pegu
in Burma on 4 June 1852, during the Second
Anglo-Burmese War.
London
Gazette 20 August 1852 pp 2273-4
Commander
Tarleton, R.N. to Commodore G.R. Lambert, R.N. Commanding the Naval
Forces at Rangoon.
Her Majesty's Ship Fox, Rangoon,
Sir, June
8, 1852.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that, in pursuance of your
orders, I proceeded on the morning, 3rd instant, with the boats
expressed in the margin [Her Majesty's ship Fox.—Launch. Mr McMurdo,
Mate; Mr. Lucas, Midshipman; crew, 15 men.—Pinnace. Mr. Copland, Mate;
Mr. Hudson, Midshipman; crew, 15 men.—Gig. Mr. Cottam; crew, 6
men.—Cutters. Mr. Alexander, Mr. Lisboa; crew, 9 men each.—Mr. Morgan,
Assistant-Surgeon, Her Majesty's ship Fox.—East India Company's steamer
Moozuffur. Mr. Harding; crew, natives, in paddle-box boats.—A large
canoe, fitted for the conveyance of the camp followers.] to the East
India Company's steamer Phlegethon, which vessel having embarked 98 men,
Bengal Native Infantry Rifle Company, Major Cotton commanding
detachment, 100 men, Her Majesty's 80th Regiment, Captain Ormsby; 30
men, Sappers and Miners of the Madras division, Lieutenant Mackintosh;
Lieutenant Mayne, Assistant Engineer, Captain Latter, Interpreter to the
Lieutenant-General Commanding the Forces, also accompanied us.
We proceeded up the Pegu River, as far as the village of
Peinkeong, which we reached a little before 8 p.m. it being then high
water. The stream becoming extremely narrow and shallow at this point, I
did not deem it prudent to ascend it further, and therefore arranged
with Major Cotton for proceeding with his detachment in the boats, on
the next flood tide, which I looked for about two a.m. but the ebb ran
for 9½ hours, so that we could not leave the steamer before 5.30 a.m. on
the 4th. At Peinkeong. Captain Latter obtained information that a large
number of Peguers had put themselves under the direction of one of their
countrymen named Moungta; that they had assembled on the right bank of
the river, where the day previous they had been engaged with a body of
men under Moungyawik, the Birman Governor of Pegu. By the villagers’
account, the latter had been worsted, and had retired in the direction
of Zangauain, situated on the river bank, immediately opposite Pegu.
When within about five miles of this place, the chief, Moungta, came off
to the boats, and confirmed the reports which had been previously
received: his force, consisting of about 1500 men (imperfectly armed),
lined the right bank of the river, and advanced with the boats. From his
communication with Moungta, Captain Latter was satisfied that the
enemy’s chief strength lay on the right bank. Major Cotton therefore
decided on landing his detachment on that side, while I proceeded with
the boats (as soon as the men were disembarked), to cooperate on his
right flank. The river at this point is not more than sixty yards wide;
the present village of Pegu stands on the left bank, which is steep and
muddy below high water mark. About a quarter of a mile, in the rear of
the houses, there is a broad ditch, the bottom of which, at this season,
is a swamp; it runs along the west face of the old wall of Pegu, for the
distance of two or three miles; the wall has been originally built of
brick, and the top (which may be twenty feet above the bottom of the
ditch), is now covered with jungle. The village of Zangauain, as I
before mentioned, stands immediately opposite; it possesses a small
pagoda, and is surrounded by a low growth of jungle.
I had proceeded a short distance in the boats, when a sharp fire
of musketry was opened upon us from the Pegu side. Feeling the
disadvantage we laboured under by being underneath the enemy's fire,
with no effectual means of returning it, I at once landed with the
boat's crews of Her Majesty's ship Fox, and was shortly after joined by
Captain Neblett and boat's crews of the Phlegethon (see margin), [East
India Company's steamer Phlegethon.—Two Cutters, Messrs. T. M. Hulke,
3rd Officer; C. C. Sevenoakes, Midshipman; crew 22 men.] in all about 50
men. The Burmese fired upon us as we advanced, but were driven from
point to point until completely broken; one party retreating by the
river's side to the northward, and the other within the old wall before
mentioned. Our object being attained, I was retiring in close order to
the boats, when a fire of gingals and musketry was opened upon us from
the wall; deeming it unwise to permit the Burmese to suppose we had
retreated from them, I instantly engaged a native guide to shew us the
causeway through the ditch, and then advanced to the attack. We halted a
few seconds to gain breath, under shelter of an old house; then rushed
in over the causeway, and through a breach to the right of the gateway.
On getting over the wall we found ourselves among some fine trees, free
from underwood; behind these the enemy stood with great resolution,
until they were (in many instances), driven out by the bayonet; the
defect in their firing was here very observable, as their shot in most
cases struck the branches above our heads. We pushed them through to the
plain beyond, when they broke and fled, leaving many dead; their number
engaged might probably have been 100 men, and they also had a reserve of
about 200 more (commanded by officers on horseback), beyond the reach of
musketry. The whole party retired within the Great Pagoda, about a mile
and a half to the eastward. I am glad to say that this service was
performed with only one casualty on our side, one man having received a
severe sword-cut in a personal encounter.
Information was now brought me that our boats had been attacked
by another party of the enemy from the southward; I accordingly hastened
down to their relief, and happily found them safe. Mr. McMurdo, Mate of
Her Majesty's ship Fox, who had been left with a few men in charge,
reported that a very heavy fire had been opened upon them, to which he
had endeavoured to reply with the pinnace's gun and small arm party, but
the water was too low to do this with effect, and having one man killed
and two wounded, he judiciously removed the remainder to the right bank,
sending an application to Major Cotton for support. A party of rifles
returning fortunately met the messenger, and, coming on with all speed,
took up a position on the river side, from which they kept up so true
and incessant a fire across the water that the enemy were compelled to
abandon their attempt, and on our approach, to retreat. Major Cotton,
having overcome all opposition on the opposite side, now crossed over
with his detachment.
On a consultation with him, it was determined to wait until 3
p.m. before we should advance to attack the Great Pagoda, the men being
absolutely in need of repose after so much fatigue under a burning sun.
The rifle company of the 67th was therefore bivouacked in the wood
within the wall, Her Majesty's 80th Regiment on the river face; and the
seamen returned to their boats; at 2 p.m. the alarm bugle was sounded,
and, on my landing, I discovered that the Burmese had issued from the
pagoda in considerable strength, with the evident intention of attacking
us. The troops lost not a moment in getting under arms, and the seamen
(see detail annexed) [Her Majesty's ship Fox.—Officers, Mr McMurdo,
Mate; Mr. Hudson and Mr. Lucas, Midshipmen; 38 men. East India Company's
steamer Phlegethon.—Captain Neblett; 22 men.], came on shore.
The enemy fell back on our advance, a movement he appeared to
have so little expected that many of his men were unable to regain their
position in time to defend it, and those who did were so taken by
surprise that their fire was ineffectual, and their four guns, which
pointed down the steps leading up to the gateway, were found loaded by
Her Majesty's 80th, who gallantly led the assault; and this naturally
strong place was happily carried without a casualty on our side.
I returned with the seamen to the boats, as soon as the pagoda
was in our possession; embarked the detachment at noon 30th; on the 6th
reached the steamer at Peinkeong, at 5 p.m.; she weighed on her return
at 8 a.m.; on the 7th at noon, she took the ground, and, as the tide was
ebbing, and there was no possibility of her moving for several hours, I
ordered the Fox's boats to take the canoe with the camp followers in
tow; I passed them in the gig, and arrived on board Her Majesty's ship
Fox at 3 a.m. on the 8th.
I have the honour to enclose the following list of casualties:
Her Majesty's ship Fox.—3 seamen wounded.
East India Company's steamer Phlegethon.—1 seaman killed.
I beg leave to add that the conduct of both officers and men
under my orders has been most exemplary, and to represent to you the
valuable assistance and cooperation I received on all occasions from
Captain Neblett, Commander of the East India Company's steamer
Phlegethon.
I have, &c.
J. W. TARLETON.
This reference to "Mr. Hulke, of the
Fire
Queen" is likely of Thomas Manley Hulke. The
Fire
Queen was a steamer belonging to the East India Company.
Allen's Indian mail 2 June 1857 p333
our readers,
nautical ones, at all events, will remember that by the account of the
starving natives, who were taken off from the Alguada Reef about
fifteen months ago by Mr. Hulke, of the Fire
Queen, they state, that their vessel, with 300 coolies on
board, went to pieces immediately!
16 October 1862, in Calcutta, Bengal,
India, aged 40
Allen's
Indian mail 21 November 1862 p906
DEATHS.
HULKE, Thomas M., at Calcutta, aged 40.
17 October 1862, Calcutta, Bengal,
India
Valentino Hulke
1719
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
Victor Hulke
21 November 1842
Victor was named by the "gracious command" of Queen Victoria after Princess
Victoria. Victor's father was in attendance upon the royal children at
Walmer Castle at the time of Victor's birth.
Observer 5 December 1842 p2
Mrs.
Hulke, the lady of Mr. William Hulke, surgeon, of Deal (who is daily in
attendance, by command of her Majesty, upon the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal, at the castle), was confined of a son on the 21st
instant, the anniversary of the birth of the Princess Royal. Mr. Hulke
has just received the distinguished honour of a communication from the
Queen, through the medium of the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, couched in the
most gracious terms, requesting (which may be viewed as a command) that
the infant son of Mr. Hulke should be named after the Princess Royal,
and that her Royal Highness's name being Victoria, the fortunate and
highly-honoured son of the Princess's medical attendant should be
christened "Victor." Such a command, and from so illustrious a source,
will, of course, be most literally and gratefully obeyed by its
highly-honoured parents.
Yesterday morning, upon Mr. Hulke visiting, professionally, the
Princess Royal, as usual, her Royal Highness, in a most graceful and
artless manner, presented Mr. Hulke with an elegant gold pencil-case set
with precious stones, and containing beautiful medallion portraits, in
bas-relief, of her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
entwined with the Garter. The Princess rose from her chair, (being at
breakfast at the time,) and addressing Mr. Hulke, said, "I have
something to present to you, Mr. Hulke, (handing the pencil-case). I beg
you will give this to Victor as a present from me."
The Annual Register or a View of the History and
Politics of the Year 1842 p183
21. [November 1842] FIRST ANECDOTE OF THE
PRINCESS ROYAL. - During Her Majesty's stay at Walmer Castle, Mr. William
Hulke, a surgeon of Deal, was daily employed in attendance on the Royal
infants. The wife of that gentleman during the same period was confined of
a son, and the Queen graciously commanded that the child should be named
Victor, after the Princess Royal, whose name is Victoria. To day upon
visiting, professionally, the Princess Royal, as usual, Her Royal
Highness, in a most graceful and artless manner, presented Mr. Hulke with
an elegant gold pencil-case set with precious stones, and containing
beautiful medallion portraits, in bas-relief, of her Majesty and His Royal
Highness Prince Albert, entwined with the Garter. The Princess rose from
her chair, (being at breakfast at the time,) and addressing Mr. Hulke,
said, "I have something to present to you, Mr. Hulke, (handing the
pencil-case) - I beg you will give this to Victor as a present from me."
28 December 1842, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
Clerk in the Audit Department of
the India office
Morning Chronicle 6 October 1860 p3
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE.
INDIA-OFFICE.— ...
Mr. Victor Hulke has been appointed a junior assistant, Auditor's
Department, London, and passed his examination.
30 April 1861, at 10 Old Burlington
Street, St James Westminster, Middlesex, England
The Monthly (alphabetical) record of births, deaths,
& marriages p284
HULKE—April 30, at 10 Old Burlington street,
Victor, son of Wm. Hulke, Esq, surgeon, Deal, aged 13
(Note: Victor was actually aged 18 at his death)
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The grave monument of Victor Hulke and his
parents, William Hulke and Elizabeth Pollard (King) Hulke in St
Leonard's church cemetery, Deal, Kent
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7 May 1861, St. Leonard church
cemetery, Deal, Kent, England
Walter Backhouse Hulke
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Walter Backhouse Hulke
photo from The Daily Express 15
February 1922
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10 September 1872, at Admiralty
House, Deal, Kent, England
The Medical Times and Gazette 11 September 1872
p340
BIRTHS.
HULKE.—On September 10, at Admiralty House, Deal, the wife
of Dr. Frederick T. Hulke, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., of a son.
15 November 1872, in St Andrew,
Deal, Kent, England
Frederick
Thomas Hulke
Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke
Royal Military College
Ethel Gwendoline Lloyd in
1904, in St
George Hanover Square district, London, England
Ethel was born on 3 Aug 1872, in Aldershot, Hampshire, and baptised on 22
August 1872 in Hale, Surrey, the daughter of Albert Lloyd and Emily Crowe. Ethel and her three
children traveled
to Canada on the Empress of Ireland,
leaving Liverpool on 16 June 1911 and arriving in Quebec on 23 June, listing
a previous visit to Banff in 1904. Along with her three children, she emigrated
to Canada aboard the Corsican,
sailing from Liverpool on 4 July 1919 and arriving in Quebec on 14 July 1919
listing her destination as Vancouver. Ethel died on 5 February 1966 at 282
Pallisier Avenue, View Royal, British Columbia, of pneumonia, aged 93. She
was buried on 7 February 1966 in Colwood Burial Park, Colwood, British
Columbia.
Census:
1881: Thames
Ditton, Surrey
1891: Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire
1901: Warwick
Street, Kensington, London
1911: Wallington, Surrey: Ethel Gwendoline Hulke is aged 38, born in
Aldershot, Hampshire
1911:
Section 19&20 R3, Comiaken district, Nanaimo, British Columbia
- Barbara Hulke (1905 - ? )
- Cecil Walter Lloyd Hulke (1907 - 1943)
- Marjorie Hulke (1910 - )
Elsie Marian (Ainsworth)
Gordon in 1922, in Paddington
district, London, England
Elsie was born in 1882, in Buxton, Derbyshire, the daughter of William
Ainsworth and Mary Ann Caroline Gallard. She married firstly George Sutton
Gordon in 1909, in Peterborough
district, and had at least one child, John Ainsworth Gordon born in
1912. Elsie died in 1943, in Cockermouth
district, Cumberland, aged 59.
Census:
1891: High
Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
1901: Kirby Road,
Leicester
1911: Eccleshall, Yorkshire West Riding: Elsie Marian Gordon is aged 28,
born in Buxton, Derbyshire
Army Officer
Walter was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Lincolnshire regiment on
19 November 1892 (London Gazette 18 November 1892 p6476) and
promoted to lieutenant on 12 September 1894 (London Gazette 11 December 1894 p7280).
Walter was seconded to the staff on 1 April 1899 (London Gazette 2 May 1899 p2806), vacating
his appointment as Superintendent of Gymnasia in June 1901 (London Gazette 13 August 1901 p5339). On 2
January 1903, Walter was promoted to captain and immediately seconded for
service with the Chinese Regiment of Infantry (London Gazette 23 January 1903 p468). He
was seconded for service as adjutant of the 4th (Hunts) Volunteer Battalion,
The Bedfordshire Regiment on 12 February 1906 (London Gazette 2 March 1906 p1521) and
transferred to be adjutant of the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment on 1
April 1908 (London Gazette 21 August 1908 p6150).
Walter retired on retired pay on 25 February 1911 (London Gazette 24 February 1911 p1467) but
was recalled from the Reserve of Officers to be adjutant of the 9th
Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, on 6 November 1914 (London Gazette 24 November 1914 p9692). On
9 July 1915, while still ranked as a captain, Walter was given command of
the 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley) of the York and Lancaster Regiment, and
made a temporary lieutenant-colonel (London Gazette 27 July 1915 p7440). He was
awarded the Distinguished
Service Order on 1 January 1917 (Edinburgh Gazette 1 January 1917 p23) and
brevetted major on 1 June 1917 (London Gazette 1 June 1917 p5466). In
December 1917 Walter was finally promoted to major in the Lincolnshire
Regiment, with seniority from 16 April 1915 (London Gazette 18 December 1917 p13327),
then on 15 April 1918 he was appointed a brigade commander, attached to
headquarters units, and given the rank of brigadier-general while so
employed (London Gazette 21 May 1918 p6085). Walter
was severely wounded and invalided home in August 1918 (Daily
Express 15 February 1922 p6). He relinquished the temporary rank on
ceasing to command the brigade on 30 November 1918, but was granted the
honorary rank of brigadier general on ceasing to be employed on 18 April
1919 (London Gazette 29 April 1919 p5468). In the
Reserve of Officers, Walter was promoted to colonel (retaining his honorary
rank of brigadier-general) on 1 March 1922 (London Gazette 1 March 1922 p1797).
Back in civilian life, Walter managed the Cinema Artists' club in Great
Newport street, London early in 1922 but the fate of the club is unclear,
and later that year Walter is found running a coffee shop near Oxford
Circus.
The Daily Express 15 February 1922 p6
PARADE . . .
’SHUN!
As one honourably splashed with the mud of many staff-cars, I
often ponder the civilian fate of our generals. Some, I fear (and in one
case hope) have had to scratch
vigorously for a livelihood. But I see that the new Cinema Artists’
Club—you will find an account of it on another page—has done itself
proud by selecting Brigadier-General W. B. Hulke, D.S.O., to be its
manager. General Hulke commanded the 14th service battalion of the York
and Lancasters in Egypt and France, and later commanded the 115th
Infantry Brigade of the 38th (Welsh) Division, in France. He was
severely wounded and invalided home in August 1918.
DISTINCTION.
Then, with the easy grace that always marks a brigadier in
process of post-war transistion, he accepted a staff appointment as a
“walker-on” at Stoll's Cricklewood film studio. I am told (and well
believe) that he walked on with distinction. I never saw a brigadier
stepping out of a Vauxhall or addressing the ranks on parade without
feeling that there was a market somewhere for so much . . . yes, aplomb is the word; it fits
the emergency like a plug.
And now the film artists have persuaded General Hulke to take
command of their social H.Q. They are in luck's way. The indents will be
all right in the hands of a brigadier. Had it been a
quartermaster-sergeant I knew once . . . but this is delicate ground.
The Daily Express 15 February 1922 p8
FILM STARS FORM
THEIR OWN CLUB.
D.S.O. BRIGADIER TAKES COMMAND.
“Daily Express” Cinema Correspondent.
British cinema artists have given a lead in organisation to their
disorganised employers, the film magnates. They have formed a club with
a membership of 500, rapidly growing, and strongly occupy a large
building in Great Newport-street, complete with restaurant,
billiard-room, smoking lounge, card-room, and bar.
The ladies have a floor to themselves, but they share in the
restaurant. “Everything is found,” as they say in the property room.
You can see all the stars in Great Newport-street. Incidentally,
you can hear more “shop talk” than at any other rendezvous within the
four-mile radius.
Film magnates must be suffering badly from inflammation of the
ear.
OBJECTS.
The most interesting item among the “objects” of the club is the
following: “To promote he production of one motion picture annually, the
whole proceeds of which shall be devoted to the welfare of the club.”
That should be a film with an all-star cast.
It is a splendid thing that the pluckiest class of the
community—the acting profession—which has faced the hardships of these
lean days with a stouter heart than any other, should have this
excellent club in which to meet.
The term “god-send” is often lightly used, but it is strictly
applicable to a rendezvous of cheer for these men and women of genius
whose prosperity depends almost entirely on flush times in industry as a
whole.
The film artists have shown real genius in their choice of a club
manager. They have selected from many candidates Brigadier-General W. B.
Hulke, D.S.O., who has lately been paying minor roles—“super,” in
fact—in some Stoll productions.
It gives a ??? qualm to introduce a full-blown brigadier to the
public in this disguise. Such a possibility was never contemplated
during my short and extinguished military career.
SHADES OF THE PAST.
A certain smartness is noticeable just now in the air of our film
actors. Their shoulders are better set. When the producer howls
“Camera!” they “jump to it” with a celerity which is vaguely reminiscent
of something or other.
Their heels quiver as they pass General Hulke's office and their
right hands wander absent-mindedly to their hat-brims as the brigadier
looks them up and down and inspects their membership cards in a manner
which suggests that the document might or might not be A.B. ???.
One of these days I expect to see them spring to attention when
he strides into the messroom—I mean restaurant—and to hear the general
say with a kindly rasp in his voice “Carry on with your lunch!”
The Daily Express 22 November 1922 p8
SAUSAGE SHOP
GENERAL.
“NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO”
From commanding an infantry brigade in Flanders to running a
coffee shop successfully in the vicinity of Oxford-circus is the proud
record of Brigadier-General W. B. Hulke, D.S.O., who claims to be the
only general, past or present, who can serve up sausage and mash or
steak and onions with the same facility as bayonets.
“There was nothing left for me to do but to try my hand at
catering” said General Hulke last night to a “Daily Express”
representative. “I walked in here
with my wife, and we took over the business without having done anything
before in the catering line.
WIFE AS COOK
“Next day I assumed active
proprietorship. My wife cooks and superintends in the kitchen. I take
the money and generally perform all the social functions of a host. If
the men customers want a beer, I run and fetch it from the public house
up the street. Curiously enough, the first chap who wanted beer was a
one-time private in my own brigade.
“Catering here is real good fun, and means honest, hard-earned
money.” said the general. “I manage to rise to all occasions, even to
throwing out an undesirable customer, if it becomes necessary.”
9 January 1923, in Watford district,
Hertfordshire, England, aged 50
1881: Admiralty House, Queen St,
Deal, Kent
1901: Holland
Road, Kensington, London
1911:
Section 19&20 R3, Comiaken district, Nanaimo, British Columbia
1923: 1 Marlborough Court, Carnaby Street, London (London Gazette 8 June 1923 p4099)
William Hulke
1583
John Hulke
Mary
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
William Hulke
Robert Hulke
Ellen
Whale
William Hulke
1666
Benjamin
Hulke
Elizabeth
(Safrey)
Hulke
William is mentioned in the will of
his mother, Elizabeth (Safrey) Hulke. "I give and bequeath unto
my sonne William Hulke his executors admins and assignes in satisfaction
of what is soe allothed unto him out of his said fathers personall
estate All that tenement or dwelling house the ground and appurtences
thereunto belong. Situtate and being upon the Beach in Deale being
leasehold under Mr Richard Gookin and now in the tenure or occupation of
Arthur Wallenger or his assignes Also I give and bequeath unto him
my said sonne William the sume of Thirty three pounds six shillings and
eight pence to be paid unto him within six months next after my
decease Also I go give unto him seaven peeces of broad gold three
silver spoones a gold ring marked E.H. all that bedsteede in the low
roome in the house where I now dwell with all the bedding and furniture
thereunto belonging as it now stands three paire of sheetes a diaper
tablecloth a dozen of diaper napkins a paire of Holland pillow coats
three pewter dishes a pewter Tanker a case of drawers standing in the
Chamber in the messuage where I now dwell, and my part of a boate
belonging to Deale beach."
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http://www.hawkesburyhistory.co.uk/agloucest/pafg94.htm
- Will of Elizabeth
(Safrey) Hulke
William Hulke
1672
George Hulke
Susan (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
William Hulke
1673
William Hulke
Ellen
(Whale) Hulke
Anne
William Hulke
1688
Benjamin Hulke
Elizabeth (Jopton) Hulke
Eleanor
1739
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
William Hulke
1709
John Hulke
Elizabeth
(Scodden) Hulke
1732
William Hulke
1713
William Hulke
Anne (_____) Hulke
William Hulke
11 July 1714, in the parish church,
Deal, Kent, England
John Hulke
Sarah
(Eastes) Hulke
Mary Brame on 7 April 1736, in
Great Mongeham, Kent, England
Mary was born in 1719. She was buried on 9 November 1774, in the parish
church in Deal, Kent. It is possible that Mary's surname was Breame. The
transcription of her marriage record shows "Brame" but the transcription of
the baptism record for her son Ford shows his middle name as "Breame".
Pilot
William was mayor of Deal in 1777 and
1778 (The History of Deal p322).
1781
St. George's, Deal, Kent, England
proved on 28 November 1781
1740: Richd Mibbourns, King Row, Deptford, Kent (burial record
of son Ford at FreeReg)
William John Hulke
1724
William Hulke
Eleanor (_____)
Hulke
- Hulke family tree
provided by Claire Freestone
William Hulke
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William Hulke
image from Claire Freestone
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26 November 1756
11 December 1756, in the parish
church, Deal, Kent, England
Benjamin Hulke
Frances
(Manley)
Hulke
Ann
Read on 25 March 1786 in St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, England
William was a surgeon, and for
more than thirty years before his death was the appointed physician to the
commanders of the Cinque Ports, at Walmer Castle. He was also a banker, and
Mayor of Deal in 1782 and 1783.
William was published in what passed for medical journals of the day, and
these excerpts give an interesting view of the state of medical science at
the time.
The
London Medical Journal 1784 volume 5 pp389-392 (Samuel Foart
Simmons)
II. An
account of a remarkable spasmodic affection. Communicated in two letters
to Dr. Simmons, by Mr. William
Hulke, Surgeon at Deal, in Kent.
M.B. a maiden lady, aged 40, of a
healthy complexion, in the beginning of the year 1782, began to be
troubled with a singular complaint, which she described in the following
manner: Every night, soon after she had fallen asleep in bed, she was
suddenly awakened, she said, by a sensation of cold and numbness in the outer side of her right foot, which
numbness gradually extended up her leg and thigh to her stomach, unless
she prevented it, by rising from her bed instantly, and placing her foot
on the floor; as she always found that this gave her relief, and prevented
the progress of the disorder to her stomach. Supposing her complaint to be
the cramp, she took no notice of it, till after a fit of the gout, which
attacked her in both feet, in March 1783, and lasted near three months,
during which time she passed her nights comfortably; but when the gouty
paroxysm went off, her former complaint returned with increased violence,
and obliged her to have recourse to medicine. All the remedies usually
given in nervous cases were tried, and, among others (by the advice of a
neighbouring physician) the application of blisters to the leg and foot,
but without mitigating the complaint in the slightest degree. The numbness
and stoppage of circulation (as she expresses it) spread now with great
quickness from the foot upwards, and if not timely prevented from reaching
the stomach, impede respiration, and bring on slight spasms. To prevent or
remove this degree of the paroxysm, a person is constantly with her, that
she may, as soon as she is attacked, be got out of bed, and place her foot
on the floor, as this alone gives her immediate relief. She was once
affected in the day-time, when she had fallen asleep in her chair. During
each paroxysm, she sweats violently; and when the fit has been severe,
constantly throws up a quantity of tasteless, viscid phlegm. Her menses
have hitherto been regular; her appetite is good, and till attacked with
this disorder, she enjoyed an uninterrupted state of good health.
Deal,
Sept. 16. 1784.
To the account of the case I communicated to you in September last,
I now beg leave to add, that the patient, after trying a variety of
remedies, without success, has lately applied to an Empiric, who happened
to be in this part of the world. He has given her some fœtid pills, which
she takes at night; an emetic mixture, which she takes in the morning, and
an ointment with which she rubs her foot.—This method (whether from the
force of imagination or not, I will not pretend to determine) has relieved
her; her paroxysms being now both more slight and less frequent than
before.
Deal,
Nov. 21 1784.
20 July 1838, in Eastry
district, Kent, England
24 July 1838, in Deal, Kent, England
This is the
last Will and Testament of me William Hulke of the Town and Borough of
Deal in the County of Kent Doctor of Medicine and Banker Whereby I
direct my debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid out of my
Real and personal estate and direct my Executors hereinafter named with
all convenient speed after my decease to invest a sufficient sum of
money in the purchase of Eight thousand pounds three per cent
consolidated Bank annuities in the name and pay the interest dividends
and annual produce of the same to my dear Wife Ann Hulke and from and
immediately after the decease of my said Wife the said sum of Eight
thousand pounds three per cent consolidated Bank annuities and the
interest and dividends thereof shall be and remain In trust for such
persons or person and with such ??? and in such manner as my said Wife
shall by her last Will and Testament in writing or any Codicil thereto
from time to time direct or appoint and as to all the Rest and Residue
of my Real and Personal estates whatsoever and wheresoever (except such
part thereof as may be vested in me in Trust) I give devise and bequeath
the same unto and to the use of my said Wife Ann Hulke her heirs
Executors Administrators and assigns absolutely according to the nature
and quality thereof respectively and I do hereby nominate constitute and
appoint my said Wife Ann Hulke Executrix and my Nephew George Stevens?
of the East India House London the Executor of this my Will and
Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time
heretofore made I do declare this only to be and contain my last Will
and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William Hulke the Testator
have to this my last Will and Testament contained in this sheet of paper
set my hand this twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord One
Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight— Wm Hulke — Signed by the above
named William Hulke the Testator in the presence of us present at the
same time who have hereunto signed our names as Witnesses thereto in the
presence of the said William Hulke and in the presence of each other —
J. Doner?? 7 Duke St Deal J A Marken Clerk to Mr B. Hulke Solicitor Deal
Proved at London 28th August 1838 before the Judge by the oath of Ann
Hulke Widow the Relict and George Stevens? the Nephew the Executors to
whom admon was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to
administer
William Manley Hulke
7 August 1784, in Deal, Kent,
England
Benjamin Hulke
Jane (_____) Hulke
Lucy Smith on 7 February 1816
Lucy was born in 1796/7, in Farnham, Surrey. She was a saleswoman.
Census:
1861: 8 Love's Yard, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire West Riding
1871: Huddersfield,
Yorkshire West Riding
Sailor, wood-turner and newspaper correspondent
As noted in his obituary below, William was a fervent supporter of Richard
Oastler and his campaign to end child labour in England. When Oastler
was imprisoned in Fleet debtor's prison as part of the reaction to his
campaign, William was involved in efforts to raise the money needed to free
him.
Fleet
Papers, 24 April 1841 volume 1 number 17 pp133-4 (Richard
Oastler)
Then, from my Huddersfield Tory friends, I
received 5l., which were
forwarded to me by my faithful friend, the veteran Champion of his
Country, who knows what danger is, but never learned to fear, in battle or
in breeze. Read, Sir, the gallant Sailor's letter to your prisoner.
“My dear Mr. Oastler,
“Huddersfield,
March 16 1841.
“It is with feelings of the greatest
pleasure, I now inclose you 5l.,
which I have collected for you among our Tory friends; and for your sake,
most sincerely do I wish it were twenty times the sum. I am, you are well
aware, but in a very humble sphere of life; but ‘where there is a will,
there is a way;’ and I am
decidedly of opinion, that here is no man so poor or so humble, but may
find the way to do some good,
if he possesses the will. That the inclosed will do you
some good, I sincerely hope—in fact, situated as you, are it must. I have often pondered on your
words, that you were probably destined by an inscrutable and overruling
Providence to perform some good work, for the benefit of your brethren—the human race.
And I verily believe and hope that such will eventually be the case. At present, you are certainly not in the
position to gratify your hearers by
the convincing arguments of your eloquence; nevertheless, as you possess
the will, so have you discovered
the way to be heard. Scarcely
three months have you been incarcerated, yet, through the medium of your
little ‘Fleeters,’ have your
opinions been heard from one extremity of the Kingdom to the other—from
the Land's End to the Orkneys; and I very much question, that had you been
suffered to remain unmolested in
your quiet and pleasant little retreat at Chelsea, if you could, by any
possibility, have obtained a finer opportunity of doing good, than you now
have. This opportunity, even in the Cell of a prison, have you eagerly
embraced. Go on and prosper — convince the world that you are
neither ‘madman,’ ‘rogue,’ nor ‘incendiary,’ but that the
welfare of your country, and the happiness of all
classes of your countrymen, is the object nearest and dearest to
your heart. I cannot, however, deny, that you may
be an enthusiast; but,
in such a cause, how glorious,
how noble is the enthusiasm! How many great, good, and virtuous men have
been vilified, slandered, or despised as visionaries or enthusiasts! Yet,
now, their names are venerated
by posterity, as the disinterested benefactors of mankind. The
names of a Howard, a Wesley, a Wilberforce, a Sadler, purified from the
errors of those mists east round them by prejudice, are now universally
respected, and statues are erected to perpetuate their memories; and the
day will come (may it be long first) that a similar honour will be done to
the memory of Richard Oastler! That, that honoured name, will yet be
rescued from the load of obloquy which factious men, for their own ends,
have heaped upon it, I cannot, for one moment, permit myself to doubt. I
say again, go on and prosper. Mrs. Hulke unites with me, in desiring our
best regards to Mrs. Oastler and your dear adopted Maria; and believe me
to be, dear Sir,
“Your
faithful (tho' humble) friend, W. HULKE.”
What say you, Mr Thornhill? Is not that good, from an old, gallant
Jack Tar? The same day, a much greater (I do not mean bigger) man than
yourself, gave me five sovereigns, as he said, “for a few
extra comforts here.”
Fleet Papers, 5 June 1841 volume 1 number 23
pp2-3 (Richard Oastler)
This Letter from my faithful friend, Mr
Hulke, will please many of my Yorkshire friends.
“Huddersfield,
Thursday, May 26th, 1841.
“Well, my dear Mr Oastler, how is Mrs. Oastler and Maria? and how
are you, my dear Sir,—how is your health? I need not ask how are your
spirits; knowing your temperament, I doubt not they
are as buoyant as ever. How are your finances, not be-Whigged, I hope?—how
do your Fleeters get on? Here is
a whole string of questions for you, which you can reply when convenience
suits you. However, I most heartily wish everything is going on with you
‘as well as can be expected.’ Indeed the Squire made a sad mistake when he
issued his mandate for your incarceration—he little knew the spirit he had
to contend with, and that from the walls of the Fleet prison should issue
a voice that should be heard through the length and breadth of the land,
denouncing oppression in every shape it can possibly assume. Yes, yes he
mistook his forte entirely when he thought to impose the silent
system on Richard Oastler, or to break that spirit, or unhinge
that mind, which have braved worse storms than any he can conjure up. Does
he read your Papers?—can he read
them, and not hear the ‘still small voice’ of conscience whispering to his
soul, ‘You have acted wrong, tyrannically wrong?’—can the victory of his
race-horses console him for one moment, when he reflects on the inhumanity
of his conduct towards you?—will it soothe his soul in his dying moments
(for DIE HE MUST) to reflect, that after so many years of
faithful services of father and son, all gratitude has been obliterated
from his heart, and that the son's reward for all his fidelity is
imprisonment for life? Well, let his horses win—let him add a few more
hundreds or thousands to his already enormous wealth, at his period of
life what will it advantage him? Richard Oastler can, aye is, and will be
happier in prison's cell than Thomas Thornhill in a palace drawing-room,
surrounded with all the luxuries of life. Let his horses win for him, say
I.
‘Yet more true joy imprisoned Oastler feels
Than Thornhill with his racers at his
heels.’
Will you excuse my alteration of Pope?
“There are but two sentiments on your case here (always excepting
the Whigs, you know)—indignation for your persecution mingled with
contempt; and sorrow mingled with admiration for yourself. Should you be
in want, let me or some friend here know, and we will again set something
afloat for your assistance—you shall not follow poor Edwards.
“I almost forgot to mention, that my
sale of your Fleeters
continues pretty steady as yet—five dozen weekly. There would have been
more, but for my dangerous illness. Perhaps it will please you to know
that your portrait, which you so kindly presented me with when at Chelsea
last year, is framed and glazed, and hung up in my bed-room; and it
reminds me, never to lay my head down to rest till I have offered some
petitions to the throne of Grace for the original. How complacently it
seems to look at me at this moment while writing to you. May the God of
all mercy bless you, my dear friend, and turn the hearts of your enemies
towards you.
“Should a dissolution or resignation take place, have you the power
to send me a Times or Standard,
according to the time of day, announcing the event, so as to let me have
the earliest intelligence?
“I had proposed to myself to have attended one of your levees
this summer, but my finances will not admit of it; and long ere the year
resolves do I hope to see you once more among us in Yorkshire.
“Well, God bless and preserve you and yours; and, when you write to
Mrs. O., pray do not omit to give mine and Mrs Hulke and son's best and
most cordial respects to her and Maria. With every wish for your health
and happiness, I remain, dear Sir, yours ever faithfully,
“W. HULKE.”
January 1864, at Greenwich Hospital,
Greenwich, Kent, England
Huddersfield Chronicle 23 January 1864
(transcribed by Keith Rothery)
A NAVAL HERO AND AN OLD TOWNSMAN. - There are
many in Huddersfield who will remember the late Mr. Wm. Hulke, whose death
we recorded in our obituary of the 9th inst., as having occurred at
Greenwich Hospital a few days previously, in the 80th year of his age. A
few words about the old veteran, who both fought and bled for the honour
of his country, will not be uninteresting. The late Mr. Hulke was born at
Deal, in Kent, on the 7th August, 1784, being the second son of Benjamin
Hulke, Esq., post captain in the Royal Navy, whose brother marred the
sister to the then Admiral, “Billy Douglas.” The uncle of Mr. Hulke was
the late William Hulke, Esq., physician and banker, of Deal, who for more
than thirty years before his death was the appointed physician to the
commanders of the Cinque Ports, at Walmer Castle. The son of the last
named gentleman was also a physician in attendance during the last illness
of the illustrious Duke of Wellington. Mr. Hulke, following the example at
his ancestors for generations, entered, at an early age, the Royal Navy,
and first smelt powder under Lord Nelson, in the ever memorable battle of
the Nile. For his services in that engagement he received the silver medal
during his sojourn in Greenwich Hospital — that noble institution for
decayed or wounded British tars. Subsequent to the above battle, he took
part in several attacks and engagements; among them being the battle of
Algiers, under Lord Exmouth, where the tremendous roaring of the cannon,
and the bursting of some large guns broke the drums of his ears, rendering
him totally deaf. From this period till death, he never heard the sound of
a human voice. The same cause also affected his speech rendering him at
times unintelligible to his best friend. He also took part in the boat
attack upon New Orleans, under the gallant Captain Lockhart. In this
attack he received a, severe sword wound, aimed at the head, but which
being warded off, took effect on the shoulder, carrying away with it the
whole of the flesh down to the bone. In this state he, with many others,
had to remain for thirty-six hours before their wounds could be attended
to, the surgeons being left in the ships. Mr. Hulke during his career
received many other wounds, including a thrust from a boarding pike in the
abdomen, a musket ball through the leg, and a wound from a splinter which
took away a piece of bone from the back of the head. This was afterwards
“trepanned,” and the aperture covered with a thin silver plate, but it
left him periodically subject to fits. At the conclusion of the general
peace, he, in 1816, settled in London, where he remained, passing through
many vicissitudes, till about 1830, when, by the advice of some friends in
this town, he left the metropolis, and took up his residence in
Huddersfield. Here his mental abilities soon brought him into notice, and
he became correspondent for the Halifax
Guardian and other newspapers, which position he retained for
many years. In principle he was a thorough old Tory, firmly and
strenuously fighting its battles by the side of his beloved Oastler, who
he did not hesitate to acknowledge as his “King,” more especially in the
hearty and determined support he gave to the Ten-hours’ Factory Bill and
in his opposition to the abominable new Poor-Law, which he always
denounced both as unconstitutional and unchristian. While thus engaged be
commenced news-agency, in which be obtained the appellation of a “Old
Halifax Guardian,” from the fact of his being the first person to
introduce its sale into Huddersfield. Among his numerous friends he
numbered Mr, R. Perring, editor and proprietor of the Leeds
Intelligencer; Mr. Spencer, many years proprietor of the Halifax
Guardian; Mr. Wm. Dearden, author of the “Star Seer;”
besides many other well-known West Riding gentlemen. His perseverance and
determination was such that no difficulty could turn him aside from a
settled purpose. After the loss of his hearing, he took a passion for
reading and study; and such was his indomitable courage, that, without any
other assistance than books, he mastered both the French, German, and
Italian languages—he was proficient in Latin in youth—all of which he
could read and translate with ease. In his progress through his life he
learnt the wood-turning business, a good deal of carpentering, as well as
the trunk-making, which he carried on till within a few years of his
leaving Huddersfield, which he did—totally unknown to his family—on
Saturday, the 27th August, 1853. He entered Greenwich Hospital the 1st of
September following, and became there equally esteemed and respected by
all who had the privilege of conversing with him till his demise, which
took place, as above stated, at the ripe old age of nearly four score
years.
1837: 9 New Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding (White's Directory 1837)
1841: Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding: Wm Hulke is aged 55 (rounded down
to nearest 5 years)
- Huddersfield
Chronicle 23 January 1864
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1861 census; Lucy's surname from Keith Rothery; Lucy birth, occupation
from 1861 census
- Huddersfield
Chronicle 23 January 1864
- England Death Index
(1Q1864 Greenwich vol 1d p570); exact date and month from Huddersfield
Chronicle 23 January 1864
William Hulke
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William Hulke
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William Hulke
On the reverse of this photo is written "Wm. Hulke, Surgn."
photograph by W. H. Franklin, Deal
provided courtesy of Claire Freestone
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William Hulke
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10 September 1791, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Ann
(Read) Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
King on 1 November 1819, in Deal, Kent, England
William was a medical
practitioner in Deal. He was also physician to Walmer Castle in which
capacity he attended Queen Victoria and her children, as well as the Duke of
Wellington.
The Annual Register or a View of the History and
Politics of the Year 1842 p183
21. [November 1842] FIRST ANECDOTE
OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. -
During Her Majesty's stay at Walmer Castle, Mr. William Hulke, a surgeon
of Deal, was daily employed in attendance on the Royal infants. The
wife of that gentleman during the same period was confined of a son, and
the Queen graciously commanded that the child should be named Victor,
after the Princess Royal, whose name is Victoria. To day upon
visiting, professionally, the Princess Royal, as usual, Her Royal
Highness, in a most graceful and artless manner, presented Mr. Hulke with
an elegant gold pencil-case set with precious stones, and containing
beautiful medallion portraits, in bas-relief, of her Majesty and His Royal
Highness Prince Albert, entwined with the Garter. The Princess rose
from her chair, (being at breakfast at the time,) and addressing Mr.
Hulke, said, "I have something to present to you, Mr. Hulke, (handing the
pencil-case) - I beg you will give this to Victor as a present from me."
At the time of this anecdote, Princess Victoria was exactly two years old,
and the words ascribed to her above seem a little overdone. Another,
somewhat more credible version of the incident (despite claiming incorrectly
that Victoria was one, not two) is given in Popular
Royalty by Arthur Henry Beaven (S. Low, Marston and co., 1904):
page 83, writing of the Princess Victoria...
Most intelligent and precocious must
she have been, as the following proves. In 1842 she was taken with her
baby-brother to Walmer Castle, which marine residence the Duke of
Wellington had placed at the Queen's disposal after the birth of the
Prince of Wales. Mr. Hulke, of Deal, attended the Royal infants in a
medical capacity during their visit to Walmer; and his wife, who had
presented him with a son on the first anniversary of the Princess Royal's
birthday, was honoured by a communication from the Queen expressing a
desire that the infant should be named Victor. A few days afterwards Mr.
Hulke paid his usual visit to the little Princess, when, in the most
graceful manner, she held out to him a gold pencil-case set with jewels,
and containing medallion portraits of Her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
at the same time asking him in very infantile, but perfectly distinct,
accents to "give it to Victor as a present from me."
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Illustration
of the "Last Moments of the Duke" from The
Life
of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington by J. H.
Stocqueler
In attendance at the Duke's death were Lord and Lady Charles
Wellesley, Mr. Collins, the house-steward, and Kendall, his
Grace's valet, and the three medical gentlemen, Dr. M'Arthur, Mr.
William Hulke and Mr. Hulke, junior. William Hulke is on the left,
standing behind Lady Charles Wellesley who is kneeling beside the
dying Duke (explanation of positions from Taranaki Herald 5 November
1908) |
In 1852, William Hulke was the attending physician at the death of the Duke
of Wellington. The scene is recounted on page 261 of The
Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington by J. H. (Joachim
Hayward) Stocqueler (published by Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853):
It had been customary for the Duke's valet,
Kendall, to call his Grace about six o'clock every morning. On Tuesday
morning, Kendall, on knocking at his Grace's door a quarter of an hour
after the usual time, did not receive the customary response. After
waiting a few moments, he fancied he heard a strange kind of noise in the
Duke's apartment. On opening the door, the Duke appeared to
recognise him as usual, and did not complain of illness. Kendall, however,
soon observed that his Grace was restless and uncomfortable ; and, in a
few moments, the fact of the noble Duke's illness was made apparent
by his Grace exclaiming, somewhat abruptly, "Send for Mr. Hulke." A
messenger was instantly despatched to the residence of Mr. Hulke, a
medical resident in the town of Deal, who has been accustomed to attend
the Duke when at Walmer. Mr. Hulke arrived at the castle at twenty
minutes to eight o'clock. The Duke was then reclining on his bed,
and on his introduction, his Grace entered into conversation with him in a
perfectly calm and collected manner, observing that he was suffering from
an affection of the chest and stomach. The doctor prescribed
forthwith, and informed Lord Charles Wellesley that he did not consider
there were any dangerous symptoms in his Grace's condition; adding, that
he had seen him much worse on former occasions. Mr. Hulke was then
alluding to an attack of a similar description years since.
Mr. Hulke left the castle for Deal at eight o'clock, and he
had not been home more than a quarter of an hour, when a second messenger
arrived with the information that the Duke had been seized with what was
described as an epileptic fit. On this occasion Mr. Hulke was accompanied
by Dr. M'Arthur of Walmer, and Mr. Hulke, jun. They found that the
Duke had been seized with a fit of the nature described, and that his
servants had already adopted some remedial measures, by the application of
mustard poultices. The medical gentlemen adopted every remedy that
science could suggest, but the attack failed to yield to their
professional skill. His Grace, from the moment he was seized with
the fit, became speechless; but by gestures he appeared to desire a
removal to a bed-chair, in which he was placed in a sitting posture, and
so he continued until twenty minutes past three o'clock, when he expired
as quietly as if falling into a slumber. There was present at this
solemn moment Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, the three medical
gentlemen, Mr. Collins, the house-steward, and Kendall, his Grace's valet.
(The Mr. Hulke, jun. referred to was John Whitaker Hulke, who also wrote an
account of the day in Medical Times 25 September 1852 p301).
London Express 20 October 1853 p2
ACCIDENT TO EARL
CLANWILLIAM.—On Wednesday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, as
Earl Clanwilliam and another gentleman were riding on horseback through
the fair at Deal, the earl's horse suddenly became restive, kicking and
rearing in a most frightful manner, and at last threw his lordship and
struck him violently on the breast. The other gentleman immediately
dismounted, and both horses started off at a full gallop; fortunately no
injury was done by them, although the road was literally thronged with
children. The earl was taken into the shop of Mr. Clarabut, chemist, and
from thence to Deal Castle. Wm. Hulke, Esq., surgeon, was quickly in
attendance, and we are glad to learn that no material injury was
sustained—South Eastern Gazette.
Pigot's Directory for Deal & Kent in 1840 lists:
Surgeons: HULKE William, 155 Lower Street
(Note: Lower Street in 1840 is the street now, confusingly, called High
Street! We see William's daughters living at 155 High Street in the 1881 and
1891 censuses)
In 1816 William was prosecuted for
criminal conduct with Lady Owen, wife of Commodore Sir Edward Owen.
Bells Weekly Messenger 16 June 1816 p189
SHERIFF'S COURT, JUNE
14.
CRIM. CON.—SIR E. W. C. R. OWEN, K. B. v.
——HULKE.
Mr.
GURNEY opened the pleadings. The declaration stated, that the Defendant
had seduced, and criminally known, the wife of the Plaintiff. For this
injury he had laid his damages at 10,000l.
The Defendant had suffered judgement to go by default, and the Jury were
now to inquire into, and assess the damages.
Mr. Serjeant BEST stated the case. He had the honour of attending
the Court this day, on behalf of Sir Edward Owen, better known to the
Jury and tot he public by the title of Commodore Owen. One of the most
enterprising, gallant, and judicious officers that belonged to that most
valuable service, the navy. This excellent officer came before the Court
to complain of one of the most grievous injuries that could be
conceived—he meant the seduction of his wife's affections. They must
recollect him commanding a squadron off Boulogne—and, when his services
were no longer required there, he was called to an equally honourable
and arduous duty, on the Lakes of Canada. Whilst the Plaintiff was on
this last station, the Defendant, who acted as apothecary to the family,
availed himself of the opportunity which Sir Edward Owen's absence
afforded, to seduce the affections of his hitherto virtuous and
honourable wife. Sir Edward Owen commanded a squadron off Boulogne, in
the year 1802. He was in the habit of coming to Dover and Deal. The lady
was the daughter of a respectable member of the legal profession, who
had, in 1802, retired and was living privately at Deal. In the course of
Sir Edward Owen' svisits to that town, he became acquainted with the
lady and her father. She was extremely beautiful, and was possessed of
every accomplishment. Sir E. Owen paid his addresses to her, and a
marriage was the consequence. Sir Edward was then thirty-one years of
age, and his bride was just turned of thirty-one—so that no disparity of
age could be alledged as a cause for unhappiness. They lived together,
down to the moment when the seduction took place, in the most
affectionate manner. The attentions of the plaintiff to the lady were
marked by the utmost kindness, and she returned them affectionately. The
Jury would find that while Sir Edward Owen was absent, in the service of
his country, Lady Owen manifested the most anxious desire for his
return—that species of feeling which a beloved wife might be expected to
shew, when the object of her affections was abroad, exposed to every
description of peril. When the Boulogne flotilla was put an end to, Sir
Edward was sent to serve his country on the Lakes of Canada; Lady Owen
was inconsolable on that occasion. During the period of Sir Edward's
absence, Lady Owen's state of health was exceedingly bad. She was
attended, in the first place, by the father of the defendant, who was an
apothecary in the neighbourhood of Deal, and afterwards by the defendant
himself. The visits of the defendant were extremely frequent, so much
so, as to excite a suspicion, that he was not attending the lady for the
purpose of re-establishing her health, but he was engaged in warping her
mind, and seducing her affections from her husband. No doubt could rest
on the minds of the Jury, and the Under Sheriff would state to them,
from the circumstances of judgment having gone by default, that the act
of adultery was committed. But in order to shew the atrocity of the
case, he would clearly prove that the crime was effected whiule Sir
Edward was absent on the Lakes of Canada. On his return he was informed
by some friends that his lady had conducted herself improperlywith the
defendant during his absence. Sir Edward behaved like a man of firmness
on this trying occasion. He selected two friends, who were relatives of
his lady, and directed them to enter into an investigation of the
circumstances. After they had looked into all the information which they
had been able to collect, they reported that the rumour of Lady Owen's
improper conduct was without foundation. There was not a happier man in
the world than Sir Edward, when the innocence of his lady was
communicated to him. He returned with redoubled pleasure to his wife. He
found her in an ill state of health.—and, imagining that her
indisposition arose from the calumnious reports which had occasioned the
inquiry, having made a deep impression on her mind, he felt extremely
anxious for her situation, and immediately took the best means for the
restoration of her health. He proceeded with her to London, and placed
her under the care of Dr. Pemberton, a Gentleman eminent for his skill.
That respectable Gentleman he would this day call on as a witness, and
the Jury would learn from him the manner in which Sir Edward Owen
conducted himself towards his wife, while he was attending her for the
illness. While the plaintiff was thus exerting himself for the recovery
of his wife, this Deal Apothecary had left his business, and was
haunting the lodgings of the Lady in London. Her health being restored,
Lady Owen returned to Deal, and then, for the first time, Sir Edward eas
informed by his servant of the criminal connexion. The moment this
communication was made, Sir Edward determined to investigate the
business closely—but the Lady, hearing that an inquiry was about to take
place, eloped from her husband's house with the defendant. Sir Edward
Owen, though as a man of honour he could never live with this Lady
again, was anxious to rescue her from that ruin which the defendant was
preparing for her. He sent an old servant after her, for the purpose of
directing her steps to a place where she might be saved from the misery
which her connection with the defendant was likely to produce. This
servant found her—and he exerted all his zeal to induce her to return.
Anxious to get her away from the seducer, he said to him, "Sir, you had
better leave this lady, for Sir Edward Owen will soon be here." He
begged the Jury to pay particular attention to the answer of the
defendant—"I don't care," said he, "for Sir Edward—I have pistols about
me, and, if he comes, I will shoot him." So that, after he had seduced
this gallant officer's wife—after he had assassinated his peace—he was
ready, if the injured husband came to rescue this lady from his
adulterous embrace, to become the assassin of his person. The parties,
from that period to the present, had not separated. The defendant
continues to live with this unfortunate woman, as husbands did with
their wives. After animadverting with much severity on the conduct of
the defendant, who had taken the opportunity, when, as a medical man, he
was employed in attendance on this lady, to debauch her mind, and seduce
her affections from her husband, he proceeded to call his witnesses.
Admiral Sir Geo. Campbell, Admiral Lord Keith, Rear-Admiral
Scott, Admiral Sir W. Young, and Admiral Sir Richard Lee, spoke in the
most decided terms of the affectionate attachment which seemed to
subsist between Sir Edward and Lady Owen.
A series of witnesses proved the mode adopted by the defendant
and Lady Owen, in carrying on their correspondence through the medium of
a female servant.
The elopement was proved by a post-boy—and the fact of their
having slept together at the inn at Sandwich, was deposed to by a female
servant.
Here the plaintiff's case was closed.
Mr. BROUGHAM then addressed the Jury on the part of the
defendant, in an eloquent speech, in which he commented, with great
force and ingenuity, upon the disparity of years between the parties
(the Lady being between 30 and 40 years of age. the defendant only 23);
and thence inferred that the seduction must have been, in point of fact,
committed by the elder. He then impressed upon the Jury, that no breach
of medical confidence had been committed, as the father of the youth
was, in reality, the professional attendant, and not his son, who was
the unfortunate victim of this attachment, being now a beggar, the
partnership with his father dissolved, and his own prospects in life
ruined and undone.
The DEPUTY SHERIFF then summed up the evidence to the Jury, who
retired for 20 minutes and brought in a verdict of Fifteen
Hundred Pounds damages for the plaintiff.
Much of this business, complete with the almost farcical servants spying
through keyholes, was rehashed in the House of Lords the following year
when Sir Edward Owen applied for a divorce from Elizabeth.
Journals of the House of Lords vol 51 pp53-57
The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the
Bill intituled “An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Sir Edward
William Campbell Rich Owen Knight, with Dame Elizabeth
Owen his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for
other Purposes therein mentioned;” and for hearing Counsel for and
against the same; and for the Lords to be summoned;
Counsel were accordingly called in:
And Mr. Warren appearing
as Counsel for the Petitioner; and no Counsel appearing for Dame Elizabeth Owen;
Mr. Warren was heard
to open the Allegations of the Bill.
Then Mr. Thomas Poynter was
called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “What are
you?”
“A Proctor.”
“Have you served any Order for the Second Reading of this Bill on
Lady Owen?”
“The Order for the Second Reading I served on Lady Owen
on the 11th of February instant,
at No. 3, Upper Eaton Street, Pimlico.”
“Did you serve a Copy of the Bill?”
“I served a Copy of the Bill on the 7th of February.”
“Did you give her Notice that the Second Reading was put off?”
“I served the Notice of the Second Reading on the 11th of February.”
(By a Lord.) “Did you
know Lady Owen?”
“Perfectly.”
(By Counsel.) “You were
concerned as Proctor in the Ecclesiastical Court?”
“I Was.”
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then John May was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as
follows:
(By Counsel.) “What are
you?”
“I am a Solicitor in Deal.”
“Have you got a Copy of the Register of Marriage of Sir Edward
Owen and Lady Owen?”
“I have.”
“From whence do you bring it?”
“From Deal.”
“Where did you take it from?”
“From the Clergyman of the Parish.”
“Have you compared it with the Original?”
“I have.”
“Is it an exact Copy?”
“It is.”
The same was read and is as follows:
“The Year 1802.
Edwd Wm Campbell
Rich Owen, of the Parish of Langerig,
in the County of Montgomery, North Wales. and Elizabeth
Cannon of this Parish, were married in this Church, by Licence,
this Nineteenth Day of Dec in
the Year One thousand eight hundred and two,
By
me, John Davis Clk.
This Marriage was solemnized between us {E. W. C. R. Owen, Elizath
Cannon.}
In the Presence of {Fra May, John Cannon.}”
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then The Reverend John Davis
was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “You are a
Clergyman?”
“I am.”
“Did you celebrate the Marriage between Sir Edward
Owen and Lady Owen—Mr.
and Mrs. Owen, as they were
then?”
“I did.”
“When?”
“On the 19th of December 1802.”
“Are you acquainted with the Parties?”
“I am.”
The Witness was directed to withdraw.
Then William Augustus Oclebar
was called in; and being sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “What are
you?”
“A Solicitor.”
“What is that you have in your Hand?”
“A Copy of the Judgment in an Action between Owen and Hulke.”
“You have compared that with the original Judgment?”
“I have.”
“At the Treasury Chamber?”
“Yes.”
“It is an exact Copy?”
“It is.”
The Witness then delivered in the Office Copy of a Record of the
Court of King’s Bench, of a Judgment given in that Court in Easter
Term Fifty-fifth of His present Majesty, against William
Hulke the younger, in an Action for Criminal Conversation with
Elizabeth Owen, the Wife of Sir
Edward William Campbell Rich Owen,
for £1,500 Damages, besides Costs of Suit.
The same was
read.
(By a Lord.) “Have you
levied the Damages?”
“No.”
(By Counsel.) “What is
the Reason you have not levied them?
“A Writ of Error has been brought.”
“When was that brought?”
“Last Trinity Term.”
“And is it still pending?”
“Yes, it is still pending; they have assigned the general Errors
last Trinity Term.”
“What Steps have you taken upon this?”
“Three Rules have been served.”
“Where is the Writ of Error brought?”
“In the Exchequer Chamber.”
(By a Lord.) “How long
has it been there?”
“Last Term we gave a Rule to assign Errors, and they assigned the
general Errors, which we have every Reason to believe is for the Purpose
of Delay.”
The Counsel was informed, That it was necessary, before the House
could act upon the Writ of Error, to have the Transcript of the Record
regularly before them; but that, in the mean time, he might proceed with
the Evidence de bene esse.
The Witness was
directed to withdraw.
Then Mary Rigden was called
in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “You were
Housemaid in the Service of Sir Edward
and Lady Owen?”
“Yes.”
“Were you living
there in the beginning of the Year 1815?”
“Yes.”
“Where are you living now?”
“At Sir Edward Owen’s.”
“You have been living there ever since?”
“Yes.”
“When did you come into that Service?”
“Two Years ago last Month.”
“That was the beginning of the Year 1815?”
“Yes.”
“Are you acquainted with a Person of the Name of William
Hulke the younger?”
“Yes.”
“Where did he live?”
“In Deal.”
“Sir Edward and Lady Owen lived in Deal?”
“Yes.”
“What was Mr Hulke’s
Profession?”
“A Surgeon.”
“Practising with his Father?”
“Yes.”
“Was he in the Habit of visiting at Sir Edward
Owen’s House?”
“Yes.”
“Where was Sir Edward Owen
at this Time?”
“In America.”
“Did young Mr. Hulke visit
often at your House?”
“Yes.”
“At what Time of Day?”
“Sometimes at Noon; sometimes in the Morning; and sometimes in
the Evening.”
“Did he ever stay long?”
“Yes, sometimes Two or Three Hours.”
“How late in the Evening?”
“I have known him to be there as late as Half-past Three in the
Morning.”
“In what Room were he and Lady Owen
at the Time when he staid so late as Half-past Three in the
Morning?”
“In the Drawing-room.”
“Was there a Sofa in that Drawing-room?”
“Yes, there was.”
“Do you recollect his ever supping with her?”
“Yes.”
“In what Room?”
“The Bed-room.”
“About what Time was that?”
“Between Ten and Eleven, as nigh as I can recollect.”
“About what Time in the Year 1815?”
“I cannot tell what Time in the Year.”
“Was it early in the Year?”
“Yes, I believe it was early.”
“How long did he stay in the Bedchamber at that Time that he
supped there?”
“Three Hours, I believe; Two or Three Hours I know he did.”
“Who carried up the Supper and attended upon them?”
“I did.”
“Then you saw William Hulke
the younger and Lady Owen supping
in that Bed-room?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Was this during Sir Edward
Owen’s Absence, or after his Return?”
“During his Absence.”
“Do you remember Sir Edward
Owen returning?”
“Yes.”
“To the best of your Recollection, at what did he come back from
America?”
“A Twelvemonth ago last Christmas.”
“About Christmas 1815?”
“Yes.”
“Were you at any Time employed to carry Letters, directed by Lady
Owen, to any Person?”
“To Mr. Hulke.”
“Was that Hulke the
younger, or Hulke the elder?”
“Hulke the younger.”
“Did you do that frequently?”
“Yes.”
“Did you bring back Letters from him?”
“Yes.”
“Where were those Letters carried by you?”
“To Places appointed; sometimes in the Lower
Street, and sometimes in the Chapel
Walk.”
“Who appointed those Places?”
“Mr. Hulke.”
“Do you mean to say that he appointed the Places where you should
bring the Letters to him from Lady Owen?”
“Yes.”
“Did you carry them to those Places?”
“Yes.”
“Not to his House?”
“No.”
“Did you carry any Answer back?”
“Yes.”
“Was this frequently, or only once or twice?”
“Frequently.”
“Did you ever observe Mr. Hulke
taking Liberties with Lady Owen?”
“No.”
“Sir Edward Owen went
to Town some Time in March 1816?”
“Yes.”
“Did you go with him?”
“Yes.”
“Did another Maid Servant go with him?”
“Yes.”
“Was her Name Banks?”
“Yes.”
“Where did he live in Town?”
“In Cockspur Street.”
“He took Lodgings there?”
“Yes.”
“Was Lady Owen with
him?”
“Yes.”
“Did you see Mr. Hulke there?”
“Yes, he came to London.”
“Did he visit Lady Owen in
London?”
“He came once to the House.”
“Did Lady Owen give
you any Letter to carry to any Person in London?”
“Yes, to Mr. Hulke once.”
“Was any Answer carried back?”
“Yes.”
“From Mr. Hulke?”
“Yes.”
“To whom did you deliver it?”
“To Lady Owen.”
“Had you any Direction from any Person where you were to carry
this Letter?”
“Lady Owen told me to
go and enquire for a Man of the Name of Wilson
at the Spring Garden
Coffee House.”
“Did you go there and make that Enquiry?”
“Yes.”
“Did you see any Person who answered to that Name?”
“Mr. Hulke.”
“On your enquiring for a Person of the Name of Wilson,
you saw Mr. Hulke?”
“Yes.”
“What passed?”
“He asked me, whether I had brought any Letter for him, and I
gave him the Letter Lady Owen given
me.”
The Witness was
directed to withdraw.
Then Elizabeth Banks was
called in; and having sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “Were you
a Servant living in House of Sir Edward
and Lady Owen?”
“Yes.”
“At Deal?”
“Yes.”
“During his Absence?”
“Yes.”
“Are you acquainted with Mr. Hulke
the younger?”
“Yes.”
“Were you employed by Lady Owen
to carry Letter to him?”
“No, never.”
“Did you ever see him at Lady Owen’s
House?”
“Yes.”
“Was that during Sir Edward
Owen’s Absence afterwards?”
“During Sir Edward’s
Absence.”
“Where did you see him—in what Room?”
“In the Parlour.”
“At what Time of the Day?”
“Sometimes in the Noon Time of the Day, and sometimes in the
Evening.”
“Did he visit frequently?”
“Yes.”
“Did he stay late sometimes?”
“Yes.”
“Do you remember any thing particular in the Month of September?”
“Yes, at the Time Lady Owen was
ill.”
“She was confined with the Nettle Rash?”
“Who visited her in consequence of her being so confined with the
Nettle Rash?”
“Mr William Hulke.”
“That was in September 1815?”
“Yes.”
“In what Room was she?”
“In her Bed-room.”
“How long did he stay in her Bed-room?”
“He was there, I believe, about Two Hours.”
“What Time did he come first?”
“Between Eleven and Twelve?”
“In the Day-time?”
“Yes.”
“And he staid in her Bed-room Two Hours?”
“Yes.”
“Was she there?”
“Yes, in Bed.”
“Perhaps you had the Curiosity to endeavour to look through the
Key Hole?”
“Yes.”
“Were you able to see through it?”
“No, I could see nothing.”
“What was the Reason you could see nothing?”
“There was a Handkerchief hanging on the Key inside the Door.”
“Before the Key-Hole?”
“Yes.”
“So that you could see nothing?”
“No.”
“He staid there about Two Hours, and then went away?”
“He did.”
“Was the Door locked or not?”
“It was.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because I was sent to the Door, and found it fast.”
“You tried the Door and found it locked?”
“Yes, I did.”
The Witness was
directed to withdraw.
Then Ann Perry was called in;
and having been sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “Your Name
was Ann Pratt?”
“Yes it was.”
“You were examined in the Ecclesiastical Court by the Name of Pratt?”
“Yes I was.”
“Where were you living in April
1816?”
“At the Bell Inn at Sandwich, In Kent?”
“Yes.”
“Do you recollect a Canterbury
Chaise coming there some Time in the Month of April?”
“Yes.”
“About what Time?”
“Ten o'Clock.”
“Night or Morning?”
“At Night.”
“Who were in that Chaise?”
“A Lady and Gentleman.”
“Did they get out?”
“Yes.”
“Did you know either that Lady or Gentleman?”
“The Gentleman I knew; not the Lady.”
“What was the Gentleman's Name?”
“Mr. Hulke.”
“Where did Mr. Hulke use
to live?”
“At Deal.”
“Do you know what his Profession was?”
“A Doctor.”
“There was another Person of the same Name,—his Father?”
“Yes.”
“The Lady you did not know?”
“No.”
“Where any Orders given by either of them after they came into
that House?”
“Yes, a little while afterwards?”
“What were those Orders?”
“For some Sandwiches?”
“Were there any Orders about a Bed?”
“Yes.”
“What Orders were given?”
“A Bed wanting.”
“Who gave the Orders about the Bed?”
“Mistress.”
“Your Mistress to you?”
“Yes.”
“You did not receive any Orders from either of them yourself?”
“No.”
“Your Mistress is Miss Mead?”
“Yes.”
“Did you prepare the Bed?”
“Yes.”
“Did you afterwards shew any Persons to that Bed you had so
prepared?”
“Yes.”
“Who were the Persons you conducted to that Bed?”
“Mr. Hulke and the
Lady.”
“You lighted them into the Bed-room?”
“Yes.”
“Was it a double-bedded Room, or a single-bedded one?”
“A double-bedded Room.”
“Did you make up One Bed or Two?”
“One.”
“Did you leave them there.”
“Yes.”
“Did you see any thing more of them that Night after you had
conducted them into the Room?”
“No, I left the Room.”
“With those Two Persons in it?”
“Yes.”
“Did you go into the Room the next Morning?”
“Yes.”
“Whom did you see in that Room the next Morning?”
“The Lady and Gentleman.”
“Were they in Bed at that Time?”
“No; the Gentleman was dressed.”
“Quite dressed?”
“Yes.”
“Where was the Lady?”
“She was dressing.”
“Both of them out of Bed; he dressed, and she dressing?”
“Yes.”
“Did they pass the Night in that Room?”
“Yes.”
“You made the Bed the next Morning?”
“Yes.”
“Did it appear as if Two Persons had slept in it?”
“Yes, it did.”
“Did they give any Orders when they got up next Morning?”
“They gave Orders for Breakfast.”
“They breakfasted together?”
“Yes.”
“How did they go away?”
“The Lady went away in a Post Chaise?”
“How did the Gentleman go?”
“He went away on Horseback?”
“Have you seen the Lady since?”
“I have not.”
“The Gentleman you are well acquainted with?”
“Yes.”
The Witness was
directed to withdraw.
Then George Rigden was called
in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows:
(By Counsel.) “You were
the Waiter at the Bell Inn at
Sandwich in the Month of April 1816?”
“Yes.”
“Do you recollect a Lady and Gentleman coming there in that
Month?”
“Yes.”
“Who was the Gentleman?”
“Mr Hulke.”
“Are you acquainted with his Person?”
“I have seen him several Times.”
“Who was the Lady?”
“Lady Owen.”
“Did you know her before that Time?”
“Yes.”
“Have you any Doubt at all about her Person?”
“No, none at all.”
“Do you happen to know in what Room they slept?”
“Yes.”
“In the same or different Rooms?”
“In the same Room.”
“Perhaps you were sent there in the Morning to bring away a
Trunk?”
“Yes.”
“Did you see them in the Room?”
“They were come out of the Room before I went in.”
“The Lady was Lady Owen,
and the Gentleman Mr. Hulke;
and they staid in that Room that Night?”
“Yes.”
“Did you see them go into the Room?”
“No.”
“How did they go away?”
“In a Post Chaise.”
“Do you know that those are the Persons that Ann
Pratt waited upon?”
“Yes, they are.”
The Witness was
directed to withdraw.
The Counsel was
directed to withdraw.
ORDERED, That the further Consideration and
Second Reading of the said Bill be adjourned sine
Die.
1866, in Eastry
district, Kent, aged 74
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The grave monument of William Hulke and
Elizabeth Pollard (King) Hulke in St Leonard's church cemetery,
Deal, Kent
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: 17 January 1866, in St. Leonard
church cemetery, Deal, Kent, England
1841: Lower
Street, Deal, Kent
1851: Farrier
Street, Deal, Kent
1861: Deal, Kent: William Hulke is aged 70, born in Deal, Kent
- 1851 census; exact date
from Hulke family tree provided by Claire Freestone
- England
Marriages batch I00516-3
- : The
Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1842
(Printed for J.G. . & J. Rivington; London; 1843);
Pigot's 1840: Deal & Warner; 1851 census
- England Death Index
(1Q1866 Eastry vol 2a p513); Hulke family tree provided by Claire
Freestone has a date of 12 July 1865
- England
Deaths and Burials batch I00516-4; place from grave
monument
William Manley Hulke
18 November 1816 in Southwark,
Surrey, England
12 January 1817, in St Savior,
Southwark, Surrey, England
William Manley
Hulke
Lucy (Smith) Hulke
Elizabeth Broughton on 3 April
1865, in Kirkheaton, Yorkshire West Riding, England
William Manley Hulke is recorded as aged 48, the son of William Hulke.
Elizabeth Broughton is recorded as aged 55, the daughter of Henry.
Elizabeth was born in 1809/10, in Leeds, Yorkshire, the daughter of Henry.
She died in 1882, in Huddersfield
district, Yorkshire West Riding, England, aged 72.
Census:
1871: Bradford Road Cottage,
Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding
1881: 77 Raglan
Road, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding
Reporter
Huddersfield Chronicle 4 January 1851
(transcribed by Keith Rothery)
ROBBERY OF A HUDDERSFIELD NEWSPAPER CORREPONDENT.
HANNAH WATSON and ELIZABETH ADAMS,
on being brought into the dock, were charged with having stolen, on the 1st
of January, at the parish of Wakefield, one silk handkerchief, value 2s.,
and one silver watch, the property of William Hulke, of Huddersfield,
newspaper correspondent, value £2.
The prisoners, who appeared to be about seven and twenty years of age, are
women of loose character of the very lowest class, and whose personal
attractions are considerably below par, being coarse vulgar-looking women,
and extremely jaded.
Mr. West appeared on behalf of the prosecution; the prisoners were
undefended.
Mr. West, in opening the ease addressed the bench as follows, — May it
please your worships and gentlemen of the jury, it appears that on
Wednesday evening last, the prosecutor in this case, William Hulke, went
to a public house called the Spotted Leopard, in the Kirkgate of this
town, and was there met by the prisoner Adams. After having some
conversation with her he proceeded to her house, which is next door to the
public house. After having been there for some time, the other prisoner,
Watson, came in. After a still further lapse of time, during which no one
else had joined them, the prosecutor missed his pocket handkerchief, and
charged the two prisoners with stealing it. They both denied it; and after
some wrangling the prosecutor offered them five shillings if they would
return it. One of the prisoners then went up stairs – I believe the
prisoner Adams – with a light, and the prosecutor followed with the
prisoner Watson. Adams then removed a trunk from the floor, and Watson
took up the handkerchief, which prosecutor claimed as his. They refused,
however, to give it him, he proceeded to the door to call for the watch.
This was about four o'clock in the morning. The prosecutor then called for
the watch, and while he was doing so the prisoner Watson came up to him,
and placing her arm round his neck, removed his watch, which was hung with
a black ribbon. He continued to call “Watch,” and immediately a policeman,
named Slack, came up. Prosecutor again charged the prisoner with stealing
his watch and handkerchief, which they both denied. The policeman then
went up stairs to an upper room to see what he could find, but having
searched for a short time he found nothing. On returning be observed the
pocket handkerchief under the grate, near to where Watson was sitting.
Both the prisoners were then taken into custody. The prisoner Watson
continued to deny knowing anything of the missing articles, but on being
examined by the matron at the police office the watch was found on her
person. I cannot suppose any defence on the part of Adams. Watson will
probably state that she got the watch from the prosecutor during the
evening. He will admit that he gave it her during one part of the evening,
but he will also positively state that it was afterwards returned. Now, if
you think Adams assisted Watson, though she did not steal the article, the
Chairman will tell you that it is your duty to find her guilty as well as
the other prisoner who actually took the watch from the prosecutor. I
shall now examine the prosecutor.
William Hulke, the prosecutor, then entered the witness box, and on being
sworn said – I am a newspaper reporter. [We are very happy to state for
the honour of the profession that this gentleman has no higher claim to so
honourable a title than the simple fact that he is a district
correspondent, and depending on other sources for his support.] I
was at the Spotted Leopard Inn, in Wakefield, on Wednesday night, and was
waiting for a glass of ale. I went in about a quarter past eleven. I found
the prisoner Adams there, and entered into conversation with her. We went
out together to her house, which is two doors from the public-house, up a
yard. I went into the house with her. There are two rooms in the house
that I saw; one upstairs and one down. There is a fire-place in the one
down stairs and a set pot. After I had been there some time the prisoner
Watson came. That was about a Quarter past twelve. There was nobody in the
house besides us three. After we had all been there sometime, some
conversation took place between me and the prisoners. I charged them with
stealing a silk handkerchief. They both denied it. It being a favourite
handkerchief, I then offered to give them five shillings if they would
produce it. Still they did not produce it. After that I went into the
upper room. I followed Adams up with the light. Prisoner Watson followed.
I thought I would go and see for myself. When I got to the top of the
stairs, I saw the prisoner Adams lift one end of a trunk off the floor,
and the other prisoner took up the silk handkerchief and secreted it
underneath her gown. Previously to this, after the prisoner Watson came
in, neither of the prisoners had left the room. Before this Adams had left
the room and brought Watson back with her. After being up-stairs to look
for the handkerchief I came down and went to the front door, to prevent
egress by that door. I called "Watch,” and whilst doing so, the prisoner
Watson came up to me and put her arm round my neck – I thought to pull me
away from the door – but she removed my watch from my left hand pocket. A
police constable named Slack came up immediately afterwards. I charged
them with stealing the handkerchief and watch. I saw the handkerchief when
it was found. It was found under the copper set pot near the fire-place,
close to where Watson was sitting.
By the Chairman:- Adams was sitting on the hearth when the watch was taken
from me. This straggling took place at the door that leads into the house.
Examination by Mr. West resumed:- During the evening I had given my watch
to Adams. I took it off my neck and placed it in her hand, until I came
down stairs, for safety. When I came down stain I got the watch back
again, and I am quite sure 1 never gave it up again after that.
The two prisoners cross-examined the prosecutor a short time, during which
it appeared that he had sent out in the early part of his visit for a
shilling's worth of gin. The other facts elicited are unfit for
publication.
Re-examined by Mr. West:- When Adams went out she brought Watson back with
her. I did not give the watch to Watson at all, or make any promise of it.
I left the house about four o'clock.
Thomas Slack, policeman, No. 17, was next called, and on being sworn,
said: I was on my beat on Thursday morning about four o'clock. I was in
Kirkgate in Wakefield. 1 heard a cry of “Watchman,” and I went to the
house where the prosecutor was. The house belongs to [occupied by] Adams.
I did not know her, as she has only been there about eight or ten days. I
charged the prisoners with stealing his watch and handkerchief. I searched
the house, but found nothing. Adams went up stairs with a light, and I
searched the upper room, but found nothing. When 1 came down stairs again
I observed the handkerchief thrown under the “pot hoile,” in the grate,
near where Watson was sitting. I found nothing else. I then took the
prisoners into custody to the police-office. On our way I charged them
with the robbery, but they both denied having anything to do with either
the handkerchief or the watch. The prosecutor charged Watson with stealing
the watch, which she plumply denied. I took them to Mrs. Chipstead.
Ursula Chipstead was then called, and on being sworn said, — I am the wife
of the Superintendent Constable. On Thursday morning the two prisoners
were brought to me.
I searched Adams first but found nothing upon her. I then searched Watson,
but before doing so she said she had not seen the watch.
When I searched her, after unloosing her dress, I found the watch under
her left arm, close under her shoulder. This was the case for the
prosecution.
On being asked if they had anything to say in defence, Adams declared her
innocence - and Watson, in making a similar statement, entered into an
account as to the circumstances under which the watch had been given her.
She said that after receiving it she placed it in her bosom, and that it
afterwards slid down under her arm, where it was found. After stating that
the prosecutor was the worse for liquor, Watson continued in her
statement, but it was of a nature we cannot transcribe.
The Policeman Slack was recalled, and in answer to the Chairman said that
the prosecutor did not appear to be ailing anything so far as regarded
drink.
The Chairman then summed up, and after recapitulating leading points of
the evidence above given – during which he intimated that he thought the
house was not a very reputable place for any gentleman to be at from a
quarter past eleven to four in the morning – he concluded by informing the
jury that if they were satisfied that the parties were in collusion, no
matter by which of the two the articles had been stolen – they must find
them both equally guilty.
The jury then consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict of Not
Guilty in reference to both prisoners.
Huddersfield Chronicle 9 August 1851
(transcribed by Keith Rothery)
ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—William Hulke was charged
with having on the night of the 28th ult. unlawfully assaulted
Police-constable White, whilst in the execution of his duty. Mr. J. I.
Freeman appeared for the defendant, and, before the case was gone into,
he submitted that as the defendant had already pleaded guilty to a charge
of being drunk and disorderly the justice of the present charge, which
arose out of the previous one, would be fully met by the defendant paying
expenses. – The bench replied that if the first charge had been brought by
the police there would have been some force in Mr. Freeman's remark, but
as they were from different parties, the case must proceed. – The
complainant was then sworn. He said that on the night of the 28th
ult. he was on duty in New-street, when he heard someone call “Watch” and
proceeding in the direction whence the sound came, he found the defendant
and Mr. Richardson at the foot of Chancery-lane, the former in a state of
intoxication. He asked if they had called “Watch,” when Mr. Richardson
replied “Yes,” and gave the defendant into his charge. Under the
circumstances he declined taking him into custody, but ordered him away.
The defendant refused to go, and upon his (the officer) taking hold of him
he seized him (the officer) by the coat and began kicking his legs very
violently, and they both fell to the ground. On recovering himself the
officer proceeded to remove the defendant to the Police office, and when
opposite the Boot and Shoe Inn he obtained the assistance of Woollen
inspector Kaye, to whom, at his request, he gave up the defendant, on his
promising to go home quietly. They left him and crossed the
top of King-street, when the defendant turned stupid and would go no
further, upon which he (the officer) went back again, and, with great
difficulty, succeeded in taking the defendant to the police-office, but
the injuries he received from the defendant's violence were such as to
render him unable to go on his beat for two nights. – Cross-examined: – He
wished the defendant several times to go away peaceably, but he would
not. He did not strike him with his stick, nor did he seize him by
the throat and drag him. He did not begin thrashing him when they
got into the street. The people about did not cry out “Shame,” on the
contrary, if he had allowed them to have their full fling they would have
torn the defendant to pieces. He did not tear the defendant's coat: it was
torn when his mother and a prostitute attempted to rescue him. –
Woollen-inspector Kaye said, that about ten o'clock on Monday night,
hearing a great noise in the streets he came out of the Boot and Shoe,
when he saw the officer taking the defendant into custody. The defendant
said they were taking him to prison, but, if the officer would allow him,
he would go home with him (Kaye). The officer consented, and witness and
defendant crossed the street, when the latter refused to go any further,
and the officer returned and again took him into custody. The crowd was
very indignant and said that if it had been any of them the officer would
not have allowed them an opportunity to go home. The defendant resisted
the officer. – Cross-examined:- He first saw the parties near the Boot and
Shoe: Hulke was on his back and White was dragging him along. He never saw
White use a stick. The defendant was taken into custody a second time
because he would not go any further than Henshall’s corner. The coat was
torn when he (Kaye) got hold of him, but he believed it was torn at the
top of King-street. He had frequently seen the defendant during the week,
and he complained of suffering from pain. – The complainant was
proceeding to call another policeman, when the Chairman said he thought it
was unnecessary to call further evidence of that character, observing that
it would be much better if the police in bringing such charges could
obtain evidence apart from their own body. – Mr Freeman then addressed the
bench, observing that a great deal more had been made of this case than it
called for, in consequence of the public position which the defendant
held. There was no doubt, he said, that had the defendant been a private
individual, the justice of the case would have been fully answered by the
first conviction. He should call evidence for the defence to prove that
the officer had used undue violence, and that the defendant had been most
shamefully treated. – Joseph Armitage said he had been to a lodge supper,
at the Plough Inn, and was going home about ten o'clock, when he met the
defendant at the Victoria. He stopped there about five minutes, after
which he came out again, and on passing Mr. Hardy's shop, he saw the
policeman having hold of the defendant at the bottom of Chancery-lane. The
defendant would not go with the officer, when the latter took his stick
and struck him a blow over the head. The policeman dragged him
along the streets, and struck him several times. He went and told the
defendant’s mother that they were taking “William” to the lock-up. There
were complaints from the crowd both ways. – In cross- examination this
witness contradicted the whole of his previous statement, and was severely
rebuked by the bench. After making several confused statements, he
ultimately said that he only saw the officer strike the defendant once. –
Adam Bottomley, a milkman, stated that he saw the officer and defendant
near to the Boot and Shoe Inn. The policeman had Hulke down. Hulke would
not go with the officer, and kept throwing out his hands to get bold of
someone in the crowd. The officer then rapped him over the knuckles. He
rapped him several times pretty sharply. The crowd cried out “Shame” on
the policeman. He (witness) was going to take hold of defendant and try to
take him home when the officer threatened to strike him if he interfered.
He did not see the officer strike the defendant on the head. He did not
see the coat torn. – Cross-examined: He did see the officer strike the
defendant over the knuckles. – Louisa Turner said she saw the parties in
King-street. The policeman was dragging the defendant very violently, and
she saw him strike the latter over the knuckles. Many parties said it was
a great shame. She saw the officer strike defendant over the head with
great force. The officer dragged him shamefully down King-street. She
followed them to the Police-office, where the officer tore his coat. She
was certain the coat was tore near to the Police-office. – The witness was
cross-examined but her evidence remained unshaken. – Mr. William Moore,
postmaster, was then called by the complainant to prove that unnecessary
violence had not been exercised, but he did not appear to have witnessed
the proceedings in King-street. Woollen-inspector Kaye was also re-called,
and in answer to the bench, said that the defendant’s coat was torn in
King-street. This was the case, and after a short consultation, the bench
inflicted a penalty of 10s., and expenses 15s.
ATTEMPT TO RESCUE. – Adam Bottomley, one of the witnesses in the above
case, was then charged with attempting to rescue William Hulke from the
custody of the police, on the night of Monday the 28th. The bench
recommended the case to be withdrawn, and it was accordingly done so.
Huddersfield Chronicle 13 September 1851
(transcribed by Keith Rothery)
“TAKING, NOTES” ON A LAND CRUISE.—William Hulke,
a soi disant “reporter,” was
brought up, charged with, on the 2nd instant, assaulting Policeman Ramsden
White. Mr J. I. Freeman was for the defendant. The case had been
adjourned from the previous Tuesday, and it appeared that the defendant
had accompanied his brother Benjamin on his celebrated land cruise, for
the purpose, we presume, of taking observations, and, as old Cap'n Cuttle
says “making a note of it.” We are not enlightened as to the contents of
“Jack's log,” or the mysterious hieroglyphics of the “Note-book,” but we
understand that after beating to windward for several hours, and tacking
from one point of the “licensed victuallers” compass to another, Jack and
his companion finally “broke off,” and “falling to leaward,” succeeded in
making about midnight Lockwood's Yard, three sheets in the wind. The
weather was only squally, and meeting with some land craft who had never
touched salt water, they soon “jouled,” and in “running out” they ran down
upon a, party of “blues,” when the squalls rose to a perfect hurricane.
There is no doubt the “reporter” observed Cap'n Cuttle’s advice, and “made
a note of it,” but as the notes are likely to remain “untranscribed,” the
public will not be afforded “a graphic narrative by an eye witness.” The
fortunes of war were unfavourable, and Jack having dropped anchor
unwillingly at “Chokey,” his companion took up arms against this sea of
troubles, and by opposing – found himself ignominiously within the grasp
of an old enemy. He struggled and kicked in vain, for the grip of a “blue”
is inflexible, and it was not until “a full note” had been taken of him
that he was liberated. The simple facts of the case were to the effect
that the officer, whilst on duty on the night of the 2nd instant, heard a
noise in Lockwood’s Yard, and proceeding thither, he found the defendant
and his family creating a disturbance. The officer requested him to be
quiet, but the defendant refused and retaliated by the most violent abuse
and threats. In the end he was taken into custody, and on being removed to
the station-house they both fell, when the defendant attempted to kick the
officer over the head. The evidence in support of the charge proved the
use of very abusive language, but failed in fully corroborating the
assault. In reply to the charge, Mr. Freeman submitted that it was not
proved, and referring to a previous charge preferred against the defendant
by the same officer, contended that the latter was actuated solely by
ill-feeling in bringing this charge. The bench were not satisfied with the
proof, and the summons was discharged on payment of expenses.
1878, in Huddersfield
district, Yorkshire West Riding, England, aged 61
1841: Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding: William Hulke is aged 20 (rounded
down to nearest 5 years)
1851: William M. Hulke, son, is aged 34, born in Southwark, Surrey
1861: 8 Love's Yard, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire West Riding
1871: Bradford Road Cottage,
Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding
William King Hulke
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William King Hulke
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August 1819, in Deal, Kent, England
15 September 1820, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Hulke
Elizabeth
Pollard
(King) Hulke
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William King Hulke and Ann (Street) Hulke
(1903)
photo by W. A. Collis published in the
Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 25 June 1903 p4, posted at
Auckland
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Ann Street in 1854
Ann was born on 21 August 1830, in Boyton, Cornwall, England, and baptised
on 26 December 1830, in Boyton, the daughter of Joseph Street and Mary
Samells. When she was twelve, she emigrated to New Zealand with her parents
and 5 siblings, leaving from Plymouth on 22 June 1841 and arriving in New
Plymouth in steerage aboard the Oriental
on 7 November 1841. A sister of Ann's was born on the voyage, and named
Caroline Oriental Street. Ann died on 22 July 1916, in New Plymouth, New
Zealand, and probate of her will was granted on 4 August 1916 to Henry Pote.
Will dated 30 November 1908 with codicil dated 27 September 1909:
THIS IS THE LAST WILL and Testament of me ANN
HULKE of the Corbett Road near New Plymouth in New Zealand Widow I APPOINT
HENRY POTE of Bell Block near New Plymouth aforesaid Storekeeper sole
Executor of this my Will I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real and
personal property of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate unto the
said Henry Pote UPON TRUST to sell call in and convert into money the same
or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and with and out of my
ready money and the proceeds of such sale calling in and conversion to pay
my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses (including legacy or death
duty) and the costs and expenses of such sale calling in and conversion
AND upon further trust to pay the following legacies namely to ELLEN P.
HULKE and FANNY CHARLOTTE HULKE of Deal in the County of Kent in England
sisters of my late husband William King Hulke equally between them the sum
of Eight hundred pounds or if only one of them shall survive me then to
pay the said sum of Eight hundred pounds to such survivor to my sister
CAROLINE HOSKIN of Bell Block Widow the sum of One hundred and fifty
pounds or if she shall not survive me to pay the same to Gertrude Lee the
wife of Thomas Herbert Lee of Urenui to the said GERTRUDE LEE the sum of
Three hundred and fifty pounds to MABEL JANE WALKER the wife of Arthur D.
Walker of Hgaire the sum of Three hundred pounds to FREDERICK FRY HOSKIN
of Onaero the sum of One hundred and ten pounds to EMMA HALL the wife of
Harold Hall of Fitzroy near New Plymouth the sum of fifty pounds to GLADYS
LEE the daughter of the said Gertrude Lee the sum of Fifty pounds to
DOROTHY WALKER daughter of the said Mabel Jane Walker the sum of Fifty
pounds and to the Trustees of Pukekura Park at New Plymouth the sum of One
hundred pounds AND I authorise and direct the said Henry Pote if he shall
undertake the execution of this my will to retain the sum of Forty pounds
as a recompense for his trouble as such executor AND I DECLARE that if
after payment of the foregoing legacies any surplus shall remain such
surplus shall be divided between the beficiaries hereinbefore named in
proportion to the amounts bequeathed to such beneficiaries respectively
AND I hereby revoke all former testamentary dispositions made by me IN
WITNESS whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this thirtieth day of
November One thousand nine hundred and eight.
ANN HULKE.
SIGNED by the said Ann Hulke as and for her las Will and testament in the
presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in her
sight and presence and in the sight and presence of each other have hereto
subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.
J. E. Wilson Solicitor New Plymouth
Wilfred D. Webster Law Clerk New Plymouth
THIS IS A CODICIL to the last Will and Testament of me ANN HULKE formerly
of the Corbett Road near New Plymouth in New Zealand but now of New
Plymouth aforesaid Widow which Will bears date the thirtieth day of
November 1908 I REVOKE the legacy of Eight hundred pounds bequeathed to
Ellen P. Hulke and Fanny Charlotte Hulke by my said Will and in lieu
thereof bequeath to them or the survivor of them the sum of Six hundred
pounds and direct that my will shall be read as if the sum of Six hundred
pounds had been mentioned in the bequest to the said ELLEN P. HULKE and
FANNY CHARLOTTE HULKE instead of the sum of Eight hundred pounds I GIVE to
IDA POTE the daughter of Henry Pote the sum of Fifty pounds I GIVE to the
New Plymouth Borough Council the sum of Fifty pounds to be expended in
improving the Esplanade between New Plymouth and Moturoa I GIVE to the
Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board the sum of One hundred pounds
AND in all other respects I hereby confirm my said Will IN WITNESS whereof
I have hereto signed my name this twenty seventh day of September One
thousand nine hundred and nin.
ANN HULKE.
SIGNED by the said Ann Hulke as a Codicil to her last Will and Testament
in the presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in
her sight and presence and in the sight and presence of each other have
hereto signed our names as attesting witnesses.
J. E. Wilson Solicitor New Plymouth
F. K. Turnbull Law Clerk New
Plymouth
William and Ann brought up a niece, Mabel Ann Street, "as their own child".
Mary Ann born in 1876, one of the ten children of Ann's youngest brother,
Romulus and Jane Barribal.
Dairy Farmer
William started as an apprentice in the East India Company but disliked the
sea life, and moved to a farm in Pembrokeshire. After emigrating to New
Zealand in 1840, William was briefly a store-keeper in Wanganui, returning
to Wellington in 1841 where he sailed to Sydney to purchase a herd of dairy
cows as well as horses and sheep, and he started dairy and vegetable farming
on the Miramar Peninsula, but in late 1842 he moved back to Wanagnui to
establish a flour mill with machinery he had recently imported from England.
This mill was destroyed by the natives on the outbreak of the
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Queen Street in New Plymouth c1870. The
Union Mill is the building on the Mangaotuki stream which would
turn the waterwheel.
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war of 1845 and in 1847 he moved the mill machinery to New Plymouth to build
the Union mill on Queen Street.
In the 1850's a section of land was purchased from the Maoris, and William
bought farm land at Bell Block, a couple of miles north of New Plymouth, and
lived there in a cottage "Hawetaone" with his new wife. The Land wars
starting in the 1860s drove the Hulkes back to New Plymouth for safety.
William served as a signalman at the Hua Fort, better known as the Bell
Block stockade. At this centre all messages were received from surrounding
districts and forwarded to headquarters at Marsland Hill, New Plymouth.
William kept diaries include the wording of signals that Hulke received and
sent and also contains his own remarks about the day-to-day operation of the
war. These diaries
are now kept at the Puke Ariki Heritage Collection in New Plymouth.
Back in New Plymouth, William turned his attention to nurseries, laying out
a nursery for the growth and cultivation of New Zealand flax in Pendarves
Street, soon to be leased to the New Zealand government and known as the New
Zealand Flax Gardens. William grew specimens for the Botanic Gardens in
Wellington, examples of which can still be seen there, and records
from this nursery are held at the Puke Ariki Heritage Collection in
New Plymouth.
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Photograph of a watercolour of the Egmont
Steam Flour Mill, New Plymouth late 1860s
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In 1866, William, along with F. and W. Webster, built a new flour mill known
as the Egmont Steam Flour Mill on Currie Street.
Taranaki Herald 22 September 1866 p3
THE EGMONT
STEAM FLOUR MILL.
A building of a more pretentious character than is usually to be met
with in small colonial towns has lately been erected in New Plymouth ;
and has attracted a good deal of notice both from inhabitants and
visitors. We allude to the Egmont Steam Flour Mill, whose existence is
due to the enterprise of Mr. Hulke. As this is the first steam flour
mill which has been erected in Taranaki, a brief description of it may
be interesting to our readers, and will also serve to show to our
well-wishers in other parts of the world that we have by no means been
crushed by our misfortunes.
The building, which occupies a conspicuous position at the
Carrington road end of Currie-street, is 78 feet long by 31 feet wide,
with an altitude of about 50 feet. The foundation walls are of stone,
being 9 feet in the ground and 4 feet in thickness. The basement story
is also of stone, and is 13 feet in height, with walls 2 feet 6 inches
thick. The stone used was the ordinary beach stone. The upper part of
the building is of wood, with battened sides ; and the whole is roofed
with corrugated iron. Red pine and kauri were the timbers used in the
construction of the building, the scantling being of the former and the
flooring of the latter. The principal scantling is very heavy, being 10
inches square. Indeed, the whole building is built in a very massive
style, and we question whether another building of the same size could
be found in New Zealand to compare with it in that respect. For examplo,
the flooring joists of the second story are 14 x 9 inches ; and the
flooring throughout is 3 inches thick, and tougued with iron.
The chief room in the basement will be occupied as an
engine-room. The machinery is now being fitted up by Mr. Gibson, brother
of Capt. Gibson, Harbor Master. Part of tho second story is occupied as
an agricultural agency office, for the negotiation of sales and purchase
of farm produce and stock. Every facility is afforded for the dry
storage of large quantities of goods. We must not forget to mention that
registers are kept of houses or land for sale or to let, stock to be
sold, &c., an inspection of which would, in many cases, save much
loss of time. An agency of this kind has long been wanted, and will no
doubt meet with ample support. In the other part of this story two pairs
of French millstones will be worked. Although it is only intended to use
two pairs at present, arrangements have been made for the reception of
four pairs. Close at hand we see bean, corn, and oat-crushing machines.
Ascending to the next floor, we see a fine silk-dressing flour machine.
On each side of the room is a row of stout uprights, placed there, we
presume, to resist the vibration of the machinery. The same thing has
been done in the room below. A fourth story and a fine loft offer
storage accommodation for an immense quantity of goods. Ample
precautions have been taken against fire by placing a 400 gallon iron
tank, fitted with pipes, &c, on each of the floors, and as the
Huatoki river is hard by, a plentiful supply of water could be readily
obtained in case of need. We may here be permitted to remark that some
of our storekeepers might wisely follow the example of the proprietors
of the Egmont .Mill, and place water tanks in their premises to serve in
case of fire.
The contract for the masonry was executed in a most workmanlike
manner by Mr. N. Hooker, and the carpenter's work was performed no less
satisfactorily by Messrs. Bull & Bond. The whole establishment is
highly creditable to colonial enterprise, and shows that we have still
capitalists amongst us who have a firm belief in the future prosperity
of Taranaki.
As well as milling grain, the mill dealt in bones and grass seed. A sign
outside in 1872 proclaimed:
Bones! Bones! Bones!
We will buy your bones.
Or anyone else's bones.
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The Tawhiti Flour Mill near Hawera, New
Zealand
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In 1881 William, then returned to farming, also built a flour mill at
Tawhiti, near Hawera.
In 1876, William sold his flax gardens to Mr. Courtney and returned to farm
at Bell Block and began a pure-bred Jersey "model farm" on the Corbett Road,
promoting the dairy industry. Famously he bought a prize Jersey cow
"Jenny" from Edith Halcombe in Marton, and, with no way to transport
her, he put a rope halter round her neck and walked her the 250km to his
Bell Block farm. The small caramel coloured Jenny turned out to be a fine
milk producer and usually won the champion ribbon in the show rings. In
1883, William won a prestigious national prize for his herd of Jerseys
milkers, which was made up of Jenny and her calves. At this time the English
shorthorn made up most dairy herds, but William's success led other farmers
to take a closer look at the Jersey breed and soon Jersey herds outranked
all others in the district. William Hulke was one of the first to see the
benefit of the dairy factory system, supplying dairy products to Europe
rather than just for the local market. To do this William believed that
industrial factory procedures needed to be applied to dairy farming and
between June and September 1880 the Taranaki Herald
ran a series of thirteen articles ‘On Dairy Farming’ by William Hulke in
which William detailed his ideas of a thoroughly modernised, professional
approach to dairying. He dealt with dairy breeds, herd management, and the
details of quality milking shed and dairy equipment and its use. These
articles were published on these dates: 4
June 1880,
1 July 1880,
8 July 1880, 16
July 1880, 22
July 1880, 29
July 1880, 5
August 1880, 12
August 1880, 19
August 1880, 26
August 1880, 3
September 1880 and 9
September 1880, and were followed up in 1882 with a booklet titled "Golden Rules for Butter Making". Readers were
advised that they could see all the modern methods demonstrated at Hulke's
experimental dairy on Corbett Road. William's contribution to the
development of a modern dairy industry in Taranaki was widely recognised,
and in 1903 the local agricultural society made a presentation to Willam and
Ann, noting the value of their contribution.
Taranaki Herald 13 June 1903 p5
The
Dairy Industry.
PRESENTATION TO MR W. K. HULKE.
As an appreciation of his services in connection with the
advancement of the dairy industry Mr W. K. Hulke, of Bell Block, was
this (Saturday) afternoon, presented with a handsomely illuminated
address ; and Mrs Hulke was also presented with a handsome clock. The
presentation took place at 2 o'clock in the Town Hiall. Most of the
subscribers to the address were present, and several ladies were also
among the company.
Mr Mayor, Mr K. Cock, presided, and after explaining the object
of the meeting, he called on Mr Newton King, the President of the
Agricultural Society, to make the presentation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ADDRESS.
The address, which was executed at Messrs Hooker and Scott's, is
enclosed in a massive oak frame, gilt edged. It is beautifully
illuminated, and along each border is a series of pictures emblematic of
the dairying industry. The top picture shows a dairy maid skimming milk
and a barrel churn ; and the next one the maid making butter in rolls.
These are the old styles. The left side pictures represent the modern
churn, and the separator. The right hand border has representations of
testers etc., that are now used in the industry. The whole bottom border
is taken up with a picture of a Taranaki dairy farm, showing Mt. Egmont
in the background, and a herd of Jersey cows, Mr Hulke's favourite
breed, in a paddock in front of the typical fasmhouse. The front cow
represented in the herd is taken from a photograph of Mr Hulke's
favourite Jersey cow Jennie.
THE ADDRESS.
The address reads "William King Hulke. Esq.—Dear Sir,—As one of
the earliest and most persistent advocates of the necessity for
improving the dairy products of Taranaki we, a few of those who have
cause to remember your labours in this connection, desire to convey to
you our hearty thanks. It must be most gratifying to you to see the
development that has taken place during the past 15 years, in which
period the old system of individual production by old fashioned methods
has given place to united efforts and the employment of modern forms of
manufacture by mechanical means. That in such a few years the value of
farm land has more than trebled and our herds improved in quality and
number until the value of our output for one seasion has aggregated
nearly half a million sterling must give you great satisfaction, for it
is largely owing to your enthusiasm that the pioneers of this important
industry were induced to make their initial effort. We congratulate you,
sir, on having urged on a system that has produced such magnificent
results, and we trust you and Mrs Hulke may long be spared to enjoy the
pleasure of witnessing around you the steadily improving results of'
your efforts. We are, dear sir, yours faithfully.—R. Cock, T. Kelly,
Walter Bewley, H. King, W. Peattie, J. C. Davies, H. Okey, James Wade,
J. B. Connett, F. J. Morris, R. C. Clemow, A. J. Hoskin, T. Western, O.
Samuel, A. Drake, W. D. Webster, J. C. Honeyfield, Captain Cornwall, J.
Rendall, J. B. Veale, W. Rowe, Chew Chong, W. J. Honeyfield, G. V. Tate,
Newton King, J. C. George, B. Honeyfield, H. B. Lepper, T. Brash, W. L.
Newman, R. Street, H. H. Olson, J. H. Armstrong Capt. Mace, H. Faull, S.
Knucky, T. Wright, J. Brown, H. Rattenbury." The number of subscribers
was limited to 40.
William emigrated to New Zealand
arriving in Wellington aboard the London
on 12 December 1840.
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Hulke Crescent in Bell Block, New Plymouth
is named for William King Hulke.
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Hulke
Crescent in Bell Block, New Plymouth is named for William King Hulke.
William related his memories of his early days in New Zealand to W. H.
Skinner, and these were printed in the Taranaki
Herald shortly after William's death:
Taranaki Herald 24 October 1908 p3
EARLY REMINISCENCES.
[Related by the late Mr W. K. Hulke to Mr. W. H. Skinner.]
When we landed at Wellington (on December 12, 1840) the temporary
town or settlement, which had been established at Petone, was in the act
of removal to the foreshore along Lambton harbour, the permanent and
present site of Wellington City. We of the London were amongst the No. 2
selectors of orders of choice from the New Zealand Land Company, and we
found upon arrival that the whole of the available rural and suburban
land at the Hutt and in and around Wellington had been absorbed, by the
selectors of No. 1 order of choice, and that there was nothing in the
shape of Company's lands available nearer than 100 to 120 miles distance
from Wellington. As we were all most anxious to see our future holdings
and to get into occupation with as little delay as possible, a party was
organised to walk overland to the Wanganui river, where the No. 2
selectors were to be located. Accordingly on December 19, 1840, we set
out, twelve or fourteen in all. Mr E. Dorset was one of the number and
we had a young Englishwoman, an emigrant by the London, who had run away
with the "Chips" of that vessel, who was also one of the party. Our
track lay along the old Maori pathway through what is now Johnsonville
and Tawa Flat, coming out on to Cook's Straits at the entrance to
Porirua harbour. It was our intention to stay the night here at the
Maori pa, but we altered our plans somewhat hurriedly. Just prior to our
arrival at this settlement a small war party had returned from worrying
and harrying the original tribes of the Sounds across the Strait, and a
considerable amount of excitement prevailed amongst the Natives. My
attention was attracted to a fine war canoe drawn up on the beach, and I
was greatly struck with its size and beauty of line and ornament. Within
the canoe lay many articles belonging to the returned war party, and
amongst these was a red gin case, an article very common in the early
colonial days. Prompted by curiosity I raised the lid and found that the
case was full of the fine white feathers and down of sea birds. Pushing
my hand in I felt something solid but damp, and upon withdrawing it I
noticed blood on my fingers. Brushing aside the feathers I then saw
lying at the bottom of the box, to my horror, a fully tattooed human
head but recently severed from the trunk. I immediately closed the box
and hurriedly got our party together and told them of what I had just
seen. We at once decided to move on, and our party spent the night
somewhere about Paekakariki.
At the Porirua pa we had met a Mr Walpole, who had come around
from Port Nicholson by boat. Mr Walpole and the boat's crew had been
engaged by a Mrs Howell to go in search of her husband, who had been
reported to have been killed by the Natives at Rangitikei. Mr Howell had
chartered a small schooner to take up stores for the surveyors who were
about to start work at Wanganui for the New Zealand Company. Mr Walpole
and his crew sailed on as far as Otaki, where they left the boat with
the resident Natives and joined forces with our party, and we journed on
together from this point. Before leaving Wellington we had engaged a
Portuguese as a guide and interpreter at the rate of ten shillings a
day. He had a Maori wife. Before we had gone very far we discovered that
this man had never been to Wanganui and knew no more than we did of the
route. However, we could not very well dispense with him as his services
and those of his wife were required as interpreters.
Leaving Otaki we kept along the beautiful beach which runs for
miles almost due north and was delightfully firm and smooth for walking.
Passing Waikanae we were greeted by a large party of Natives, quite 100,
who were gathering shell-fish at low water. They stopped us to enquire
our errand and to gaze for the first time in their lives upon a white
woman. They were intensely curious and interested in the woman of our
party, and this was the case all along our journey, wherever we
encountered the Maori inhabitants. By the time we arrived at the
Manawatu river our provisions were quite exhausted. Hearing from some
Natives there that white men were living a few miles up the river two of
us secured a small canoe and started off up stream in search of pakeha
food. We were not long in coming to a small settlement, where we found
two Americans, brothers, called Lewis, who were building a smallcraft
for the coasting trade. They were very kind and hospitable, but were
only able to spare one small kit of potatoes, and as our party numbered
thirteen we were in a decidedly awkward fix. We decided there and then
to push on as fast as we could to Rangitikei, the next Maori settlement,
where, it was thought, we could obtain supplies of potatoes and pork. A
short distance before coming to the Rangitikei we discovered on the
beach the remains of Howell's missing schooner, partly burnt. Our
suspicions were aroused, as we suspected foul play by the Natives. No
one was to be seen near the wreck; no sign of the crew or of any living
thing connected with the ship was observed; but as we approached a dead
dog was seen lying about high water mark, which Mr Walpole recognised as
the pet of Mr Howell, the owner and one of the ship's company. As the
Rangitikei village was a little further on we decided to stop where we
were and reconnoitre. Accordingly we camped down in the flax above high
water, and after dark the Portuguese guide and his Maori wife were sent
forward towards the pa to pick up information. About midnight they
returned and told us that they had listened at a safe distance to the
conversation of the Rangitikei Natives and they were not at all
favourably impressed with the tone of these people. The greater part of
the plunder of Howell's vessel was in the hands of these Natives, and
our guides said we should get past whilst it was dark, as it was hard to
say what they would do with us if they discovered our party on the
morrow so close to the settlement. We immediately acted upon this
advice, and, keeping well down towards the tide, marched silently past,
forded the river in single file, and kept on till daylight, when we drew
up into the flax and rested a while.
Moving on again, we came to the most formidable obstruction of
our journey, the Wangaehu river, which we reached about the top of high
water. Several of the party could not swim, myself amongst the number.
We dared not stay for the tide to run out, as we were all the time
expecting the Rangitikei Maoris to follow us up, and the difficulties of
trying to ford the river inland were too great to be attempted. The
Maori woman told us how to make a moki, or raft, and soon the whole
party were at work gathering flax sticks, which we rapidly bound
together in fair sized bundles, two or more of which were bound side by
side. Upon these we laid our clothes, blankets, etc. Those who could
swim then towed them across, the non-swimmers, hanging on behind the
moki in twos or threes, supported themselves above the water, and in the
course of a very short time the whole party with our belongings were
safely over this dangerous river. That night we slept near the mouth of
the Turakina river; and the following evening, December 30, 1840, we
arrived at the Wanganui river, and found that the New Zealand Company's
surveyor had come into the river a few hours before us by cutter direct
from Wellington.
(To be Continued.)
Taranaki Herald 26 October 1908 p7
EARLY REMINISCENCES.
[Related by the late Mr W. K. Hulke to Mr. W. H. Skinner.]
(Continued from Saturday)
The surveyors were camped at the Putiki pa, of which Hori
Kingi was the chief. We also received a hearty welcome from these people
to stay here a few days. Then we crossed over to the north bank of the
river where it was understood the new town would be laid out. Here, on
the site of the present town of Wanganui, were two large raupo whares,
or more properly, houses, which had been built by a Native called Rangi
Taura. This man lived a short distance up the river, where the railway
bridge now crosses, and had been induced to build these houses upon the
recommendation of Colonel Wakefield in expectation of the arrival of
pakeha settlers and the prospect of their sale at his own figure. We,
that is, Mr. Dorset, myself, and two others were fortunate enough to
secure one of the raupo buildings, which stood close to Churton's Creek,
near the sand hills, and of course near to the river bank. We offered
Rangi £40 in trade for the place, but he insisted on having moni koura
(money gold), and nothing else would satisfy him. He asked two
sovereigns for the whare, which we readily gave. At the end of a week
Rangi returned, looking very downcast, and told us he had been porangi,
or mad to ask for the gold, which he quickly spent, and now requested
that we go back to our original offer of £40 in trade. We could not
agree to this, but as we got a bargain we decided to give him £20 worth
of trade, for which Rangi was profoundly thankful, and from that time
until I finally left Wanganui he was one of the best friends I had
there. He never forgot our liberal dealing with him and always did me a
good turn if it lay in his power. In this building was opened the first
store in Wanganui. Messrs. Dorset, Keith, Barley Bros, (of Bristol), and
myself each put or were supposed to £100 into the business. Soon after
these events the schooner Elizabeth and the cutter Harriett brought a
number of settlers and their effects, amongst whom were Messrs. Nixon,
Wicksteed, Popham King, and Churton.
Mr. Hulke did not remain long in Wanganui, but returned to
Wellington by the schooner Harriett. He found life too fast in the
embryo settlement for his taste, and an attempt having been made to burn
down the store by the rowdy and drinking element of the place, because
he would not join in the nightly debauch, he sold out his interest in
the store to his partners for £30, thus losing heavily on his first
business venture in New Zealand. A fortnight after returning to
Wellington he was again on the move. This time he went to Sydney at the
instance of Mr. Revans, proprietor of the New Zealand Gazette, the first
newspaper published in the colony, and Captain Smith, Surveyor-General.
His business was to purchase a herd of dairy cows, which he did,
selecting the animals from the Cow Pass district of New South Wales and
paying £7 per head all round. He also purchased three or four horses,
about 100 sheep, and six working bullocks. With great good luck and
management, this cargo was landed in New Zealand without the loss of a
single head, except one bullock which perished in the attempt; to swim
ashore from the ship, which discharged near to Oriental Bay. It was one
of the first shipments of stock to Wellington, and at this time and for
some time afterwards all stock was landed on the harbour foreshore near
the junction of Kent and Cambridge Terraces with Courtney Place. Near
by, the deep sluggish swampy outlet to the large morass, or bog, now
known as the Basin Reserve, ran into the harbour. This creek and bog
claimed a large number of victims amongst the stock of the early
Wellington settlers. Quite 150, to Mr. Hulke's knowledge, must have
perished in this death trap. The earthquake of 1853 changed the contour
of this part of Wellington, the land rising bodily some feet above sea
level. The commotion in the bog during the time of the great shock was
terrifying, hundreds of tons of liquid mud being hurled bodily out of
the morass on to the adjoining slopes.
— The dairy cows brought over by Mr. Hulke were run on the land at
the head of Evan's Bay, near to the present suburb of Kilbirnie, and
partly on the Miramar Peninsula. Here Mr. Hulke started a small dairy
farm and market garden, taking his produce into the town by means of a
light cart drawn by a bull in shafts. On one occasion Mr Hulke had taken
in a load of vegetables on market day—Saturday—and, having disposed of
his wares, drove his steed to Barrett's Hotel, where it was his
intention to dine. Leaving the bull and cart outside he had only just
entered when the twelve o'clock, gun boomed out close at hand. This so
startled the bull that it rushed straight ahead into the harbour—near
the site of the present Government Railway passenger station—which at
this part ran out shallow for some distance. The animal turned neither
to the right nor to the left, but kept straight on, and getting into
deep water at last essayed to swim, but being harnessed to the cart it
was greatly handicapped and eventually drowned. The carcass was secured
by aid of a boat and brought ashore and sold for £10 to an enterprising
butcher. Beef in those days was scarce and dear, so the tradesman
secured a bargain and doubtless made a big profit out of the drowned
bull.
In the latter part of 1842 Mr Hulke returned to Wanganui,
and turned his attention to milling, erecting a flour mill—windmill—with
part of the machinery he had recently imported from England. This mill
was destroyed by the natives on the outbreak of the war of 1845.
(To be continued.)
Taranaki Herald 27 October 1908 p3
EARLY REMINISCENCES.
[Related by the late Mr W. K. Hulke to Mr. W. H. Skinner.]
(Continued from yesterday)
The reason for Mr Hulke's leaving Wanganui in 1841 and
sacrificing his business was stated by him thus.—Soon after the
establishment of the settlement at Wellington the colony was inundated
by a class of undesirables from Sydney and Hobart, the social state of
which places at this time was notorious, they being the penal
settlements for the British Islands. These undesirables were gradually
hunted out of Wellington by the police and many of them drifted to
Wanganui, where the strong arm of the law was as yet unknown, and where
a lawless state of minor crimes and drunkenness was rampant. Drinking
and rioting were engaged in day and night and property was not safe
unless one was armed and constantly on the watch. Mr Hulke, on account
of his absolute refusal to participate in these drunken sprees, was
marked by this "push" for abuse and insult. On one occasion a messenger
was sent to him from Mr — that he wished to see him at once at the
Company's house or store. Going there and being shown into the room he
found a considerable company sitting round a large kind of counter or
bar, with — as chairman. He was shown a seat and was informed that all
who came there were compelled to obey the rules of the "Club." The first
rule was that he was to drink round for round with the president and
company, failing which the gin or rum was to be thrown in his face. Mr
Hulke was in a trap, the only outlet being by the door, at which a
sentry had been placed with a drawn cutlass, with instructions to cut
down anyone who attempted to leave without the permission of the
president. A pannikin of gin was handed to him in his turn, which he
refused to take, and the gin was promptly dashed in his face. Round
after round this was repeated, until all the company were showing signs
of decided intoxication. Mr Hulke had been watching closely the sentry
at the door, who, nobly taking his rum as his turn came round, found it
somewhat difficult to stand steadily on his feet. Watching his
opportunity Mr Hulke jumped from his seat, pushed over the sentry, who
was too far gone to offer any decent resistance, and made his escape.
That night a mob of drunken and half-drunken men attempted to raid and
burn, Mr. Hulke's store. He was awakened by their noise and, fearing
their errand, he hurriedly rose and partly dressed before they reached
the store. Arming himself with a heavy manuka canoe paddle, he stood
inside the doorway and struck down the first man who entered. The
others, seeing what had befallen their leader, hesitated to come on and
suggested burning out the "rat," but better counsels prevailed and they
withdrew. After this Mr. Hulke decided to leave the place. He left his
share of the business in the hands of his partners, but he never
received his share of the money put into the venture. Mr — was a
prominent figure at these drink socials, but on the occasion just
mentioned Mr Hulke noticed, that he was not at the table with the
others. After a while he noticed a man stowed away on one of the top
shelves of the store, sleeping heavily, and was informed by one of the
company that this was —, who got drunk early in the day and had been
placed up there on the shelf for safety.
(continued)
MR. HULKE
COMES TO NEW PLYMOUTH.
In 1847, at the invitation of Mr Flight and other Taranaki
settlers, Mr Hulke visited New Plymouth, and after conferring with its
people decided to bring on the machinery of his flour mill standing at
Wanganui, which had been at a standstill for some time on account of the
Maori troubles. A site was fixed upon in Queen Street for the
establishment of a water-power flour mill, and a substantial structure
was erected, the motor power being provided by the Mangaotuku stream.
This mill was called the Union Mill, and was owned for a short time by a
company, but eventually passed into the hands of Mr Sam Oliver, who
worked it for many years. At his death it passed into the possession of
Messrs Honeyfield and Read, and quite recently the old structure was
reconstructed by the Crown Dairy Company, which had purchased the
property. At the opening of the Union Mill in 1848 a grand fancy dress
ball was given, in which the late Sir Francis Dillon Bell and other
prominent settlers took a leading part. It was one of the great
functions of early New Plymouth and the first fancy dress ball held on
the West Coast of New Zealand.
Upon the opening of the "Bell Block" for settlement in the early
fifties, Mr Hulke purchased land there and farmed it. This he continued
to do until the outbreak of the Maori war in 1860, when he, with all the
other settlers, was driven off and had eventually to seek protection in
New Plymouth. About this time he laid out his beautiful gardens in
Pendarves Street and for a while carried on the business of nurseryman.
His magnificent exhibit of growing flax, covering all the principal
varieties of the phormium tenax, is still well remembered.
About 1866, in conjunction with Messrs F. L. and W. D. Webster,
he built the fine steam flour mill in Currie Street, now occupied by
Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co. as a warehouse. He also built a mill at
Tawhiti, near Hawera. In the early eighties, he returned to Bell Block
and started his celebrated model farm on the Corbett Road and set about
the forming of that herd of pure-bred Jersey cattle, whose fame has
travelled throughout New Zealand. Here for many years he experimented in
dairying, and he was one of the first to see and strongly advocate the
advantages of the present dairy system. The results of his labour and
experiments were widely published and freely given to all inquirers.
Many years before the dairy industry was thoroughly established in
Taranaki he was a frequent contributor to the columns of the Taranaki
Herald on dairying matters. In fact, he may be regarded as the father of
the industry in this province, and he was the greatest benefactor to the
dairy farmer that Taranaki has seen. Whatever knowledge he gained by
slow and solid labour the results were freely and unselfishly given to
his follow settlers.
(To be continued.)
Taranaki Herald 28 October 1908 p3
EARLY REMINISCENCES.
[Related by the late Mr W. K. Hulke to Mr. W. H. Skinner.]
MR HULKE AND THE PUKETAPU FEUD
(Continued from yesterday)
Mr Hulke, who had recently married Miss Street, of Bell Block,
was living at this time—1854—at the cottage on Devon Line near to the
Connett Bros. farms, and called "Hawetaone." He was on very good terms
with Rawiri Waiaua, the leader of that part of the Puketapu hapu who
wore amicably disposed towards the Europeans and had recently sold a
block of land immediately inland of the Bell District to the Government.
Very early on the morning of August 3, 1851, Rawiri visited the Hulkes
and informed them that he was then on his way with his party up the
Wills or Corbett Road to start cutting the boundaries of the block to be
sold to the Government, but that he was not satisfied with the behaviour
of —, who had been seen loading his gun, and that he had come to say
goodbye in case anything should happen by the interference of Katatoro
and his party. An hour had scarcely elapsed when the settlers in the
block were startled by tho sound of rapid musketry fire. Mounting his
pony, Mr Hulke galloped up the Corbett Road to just beyond his late
residence, where a distressing sight met his view. The dead bodies of
four of the Hua Natives lay in the track, whilst scattered round were
twelve others of the people wounded more or less severely. Amongst these
lay mortally wounded Rawiri, the staunch ally and genial friend of the
pakeha. Dismounting hurriedly, Mr Hulke immediately went to the
assistance of the wounded chief, who informed him that the bullet had
entered his side and that he was afraid he should not live; then,
drawing Mr Hulke's head down, he whispered in his ear that he had
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This is the actual greenstone mere, or
weapon, referred to by William Hulke in this story. The mere is
named Whakaae-whenua and is held in the Museum of New Zealand
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concealed the greenstone mere, a tribal one of
great beauty and value in the Maori eye, between his legs, and told him
to draw it away from there and carry it away immediately and conceal it
in a place of absolute security, for Katatore's people would not rest or
be content until they had secured it. Whilst in the act of drawing the
mere from its place of concealment Mr Hulke was suddenly seized from
behind and rolled over in the dirt, and soundly beaten and kicked until
the dying chief's remonstrances satisfied the attacking party that Mr
Hulke was his friend. The party to attack Mr Hulke was a stalwart Maori
woman, who, seeing him tumbling about the apparently dead body of her
chief, thought he was robbing the corpse; hence the onslaught. Securing
the mere and hiding it within his shirt, he mounted his horse and
galloped at top speed to his house. In a rapid consultation with Mrs
Hulke it was decided to hide the mere within the feather mattress. This
was done and the opening sewn up again. They had barely time to
straighten things up when a party of Katatore's people appeared and
accused Mr Hulke of having the precious heirloom of the tribe. No
excuses were taken, and these Maoris searched every corner of the house
and turned the furniture upside down and inside out in their search. It
was a time of anxiety and suspense for Mr and Mrs Hulke, for had the
mere been found in their possession their house would have been
assuredly burnt. However, their search was fruitless, and reluctantly
they withdrew, and the mere remained in its safe hiding-place for some
considerable time after this. In the meantime, Rawiri Waiaua and others
of the wounded Natives were passing away, Rawiri dying on August 6. In
proof of the murderous nature of Katatore's ambush, out of twenty-six
persons comprising party sixteen were hit, six of whom died.
At a great meeting of the Puketapu hapu held at the Hua some four
or five years later, to meet Donald McLean, the Chief Protector of
Natives, Mr Hulke came forward and handed over to Mr McLean, before all
the Natives present, the precious mere. He told him the manner in which
it had come into his possession, and requested that it now might be
handed over to its rightful owner, the young son of Rawiri, who was
present. Mr McLean, addressing the meeting, told the story again to the
Natives, and commended Mr Hulke for his courageous action, to which all
the Natives assented. Then, calling forward the young chief, little more
than a lad, he placed the mere in his hands and bade him be like unto
his father, a wise and trusted rangatira, one fit to lead his people in
the councils of the tribes.
[Note. — This mere, I understand, later came into the possession
of the late Major Parris in his official capacity of Native
Commissioner.]
The death of Rawiri Waiaua, in August, 1854. started into flame a
long smouldering feud within the Puketapu tribe, and a state of open
warfare existed amongst these people and their respective allies from
this year up to 1860, when the great bulk of them buried their mutual
animosities and took up arms against the common foe on the outbreak of
the Waitara war in March, 1860.
The immediate result of Rawiri's death was to plunge the Natives
into a civil war, and the eastern part of the Bell Block was in a
chronic state of turmoil, this and the adjoining lands, now occupied by
Messrs Connett and Hoskin, being the battleground between the two
factions, the land-sellers, or followers of the late Rawiri, and the
anti-land-sellers, or the adherents of Katatore. The sympathies of the
Europeans were entirely with Rawiri's followers, and they secretly gave
assistance in many ways to these people. When Ihaia, who had assumed the
leadership of the late Rawiri's party, was closely pressed and besieged
in the Mamaku pa, on the west bank of the Waitara River, and later in
his stronghold on the high ground on the east bank of the same river,
overlooking the karaka flat and ford, parties of Europeans used to ride
out from Bell Block and New Plymouth, ostensibly to pay a friendly visit
to Ihaia's people, but in reality to convey or smuggle to them munitions
of war in the shape of gunpowder and caps, stowed away in their
knee-boots, or comforts for the wounded, such as bread for poultices and
old linen for bandages, carried more openly. Mr Hulke. often rode down
to Ihaia's pa taking bread for poulticing one of the besieged, an old
friend, who had been desperately wounded by slug shot. The inmates of
the pa were very short of ammunition, and their position was becoming
desperate.
At this time it was generally known that a man called Smith was
regularly smuggling powder through to the besiegers of Ihaia's pa. This
man had a wooden leg, which had been carefully hollowed out; this he
filled with the powder, and, quite unsuspected, passed through the
country with this contraband of war. Knowing how short of ammunition
Ihaia and his people were and how serious their position, Mr Hulke
arranged a visit to the besieged, and a party of twelve, consisting
amongst others of Mr and Mrs Hulke and Miss Street, started off from
Bell Block. It was in reality a big smuggling party, and great pains had
been taken to conceal about their persons gunpowder and other munitions
of war, amounting in the aggregate to a considerable quantity. The
bustles of the women were laden with powder, and Mr Hulke was wearing
his wife's stays next his skin, heavily padded with the same material.
Mr Hulke stated that on reaching Mahoetahi two armed Natives sprang out
on to the road in front of the party, and after looking at them closely
disappeared again into the fern. This occurred several times until they
reached Big Jim's Hill (quarry), where a considerable number of armed
Natives in a very excited state came suddenly out of the scrub and
stopped tho party. In reply to their questions as to what they were
doing there, and where they were going, Mr Hulke replied that their
intention was to pay a friendly visit to Ihaia and then to William King.
Coming closer they said: "Are you taking anything to Ihaia?" (The
questioners were enemies of Ihaia.) He replied: "No." The Maoris were
not content with the answer, and, taking hold of the party, made a
general search, feeling their long boots and generally overhauling Mr
Hulke in particular, and in a lesser degree the women of the party. Not
finding anything, they reluctantly allowed the party to proceed. They
crossed the river at the old karaka ford. The morning had been wet, and
heavy rain appeared to be still falling inland, but the river was
fordable, although indications of an approaching fresh were not wanting,
and things generally had an ugly look, the river flats and country
around being apparently full of armed Natives. As they rode up the
eastern bank of the river some Hua Natives came down to meet them. They
wore old friends and neighbours and trustworthy. Those people scolded
the party for venturing over the ford, and said they had done a most
foolish thing coming to them that day, as the enemy were on the move and
in a dangerous temper. They advised them to re-cross the river at once,
before the flood came down and prevented a return. They accordingly got
the womenfolk and others to re-cross at once. Mr Hulke then attempted to
go on to Ihaia's pa, a short distance beyond, but the Hua Natives would
not permit him to take such dangerous risks, so he reluctantly turned
his horse towards the ford to rejoin the main party on the western bank.
Just before entering the river, which was now rapidly rising in flood,
he was stopped by armed Natives of Wi Kingi's tribe, who again searched
him. The position was very critical. He put on a bold face, and,
throwing open his coat, waistcoat, and shirt, told them to look for
themselves. This boldness probably saved his life, for they were in such
an excited state that had they discovered what he was wearing next his
skin they would probably have shot him on the spot. At this stage of the
affair a volley was fired over their heads from Ihaia's pa above, so the
Natives scattered, and Mr Hulke took the opportunity of plunging into
the Waitara and joining his anxious friends on the other side. They lost
no time in getting away from the embarrassing situation in which they
found themselves, returning with all their contraband of war intact.
They discovered later that the man Smith, who, as before stated, had
been regularly supplying Wi Kingi's people with gunpowder, had informed
them that he (Hulke) was doing the same for Ihaia. and to expect the
party on that particular day.
22 October 1908, at 6pm, at Corbett
Road, New Plymouth, New Zealand, aged 89
Taranaki Herald 23 October 1908 p2
DEATH.
HULKE.—On October 22, 1908, at his residence, Corbett Road, Bell Block,
William King Hulke; aged 89 years.
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The grave of William King Hulke and Ann
(Street) Hulke in the former St Luke's Church Cemetery, Murray St,
Bell Block, New Plymouth, New Zealand
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25 October 1908, at St Luke's
Anglican Church cemetery, Bell Block, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Taranaki Herald 24 October 1908 p2
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The funeral of the late W. K. Hulke will leave his late
residence, Corbett Road, on SUNDAY, October 25, at 1:30 p.m., arriving at
the Bell Block Church of England Cemetery at 2:30 p.m.
Friends will kindly accept this intimation.
W. F. BROOKING,
Undertaker.
The gravestone reads:
In Loving Memory
of
William King Hulke
Who died 22nd October 1908
Aged 89 Years
Also Ann
His beloved wife
Who died 22 July 1916
Aged 86 Years
At Rest
Nearly 50 years after his death, William King Hulke was honoured by
Associated Taranaki Jersey Cattle Clubs who erected a memorial stone at the
foot of his grave. Mr Moreland, President of the New Zealand Cattle Breeders
Association gave the address.
"It is difficult to pay full justice to Mr Hulke, who had the pioneering
spirit so essential in the early days of this country."
The plaque reads:
In Memory of
W.K. Hulke
Taranaki's Pioneer Jersey Breeder
Who, in the year 1876
Established the breed in
The provence when he led
The first Jersey cow, Jenny,
From Marton to Bell Block
A distance of 130 miles
Associated Taranaki
Jersey Cattle Clubs
1958
dated 3 August 1903
THIS IS THE LAST WILL and Testament of me WILLIAM
KING HULKE of Corbett Road near New Plymouth Farmer I GIVE DEVISE AND
BEQUEATH unto my dear wife ANN HULKE absolutely all the real and personal
property of or to which I shall be seized possessed or entitled at the
time of my decease (including in particular all moneys that may become
payable in respect of any insurance policies effected on my life which
moneys I specially direct shall be paid to her) I APPOINT my said wife
sole Executrix of this my Will I REVOKE all wills by me at any time
heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament IN
WITNESS whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this third day of
August One thousand nine hundred and three.
W. K. Hulke
SIGNED by the said William King Hulke as and for his last Will and
Testamant in the presence of us present together at the same time who at
his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.
Oliver Samuel Solicitor New Plymouth
R. D. Stuart New Plymouth Law Clerk
granted 7 November 1908 to Ann
Hulke
Taranaki Herald 23 October 1908 p5
OBITUARY.
WILLIAM KING HULKE: AETAT 89.
There
passed away at his residence at Corbett Road at six o'clock yesterday
evening, in the person of Mr William King Hulke, one of the very
earliest settlers of New Zealand, of a type which is fast disappearing.
He was born at Deal, England, in August 1819, the son of Dr. Hulke, who,
by the way, attended the great Duke of Wellington in his last illness at
Walmer Castle, in fact the Duke died in his arms. His ancestors came
from Flanders, whence, with thousands of other refugees, they fled to
escape the butcheries of Alva in the war of extermination this ruthless
zealot was prosecuting over the Low Countries. Most of these exiles
settled in one or other of the Cinque Ports. Mr Hulke's forbears
eventually making Deal their home, and there they have lived since the
last quarter of the sixteenth century.
The subject of this notice was sent, when quite a boy, as an
apprentice in the East India Company's service, but he relinquished it
after one voyage, and was then sent to a farm in Pembrokeshire. About
this time Edward Gibbon Wakefield's colonisation scheme was attracting
attention, and young Hulke determined to emigrate to New Zealand. He
landed in Wellington on December 12, 1840, from the ship London, among
his fellow-passengers being Messrs F. A. Carrington, with Mrs Carrington
and family, Wieksteed, Nixon (late of Wanganui), E. Dorset, De B.
Brandon, John Rogan, and many other well-known pioneer settlers. Mr
Hulke accompanied a party of about a dozen who set out the following
week to walk to the Wanganui River. Here they arrived on December 30. Mr
Hulke, in partnership with Messrs Dorset, Keith, and Barley Brothers
(Bristol men), established the first store in Wanganui. He did not,
however, remain long, returning to Wellington, whence he undertook a
journey to Sydney to purchase a herd of dairy cows. With these he
established a small dairy farm near the present Wellington suburb of
Kilbirnie and partly on the Miramar peninsula, supplying the people of
Wellington with milk and vegetables. In the latter part of 1842 he went
again to Wanganui, and there erected a flourmill—windmill, with
machinery he had imported from England. This will was destroyed by the
natives in 1845, and in 1847 Mr Hulke visited New Plymouth and decided
to remove the machinery to this town, where he established a mill in
Queen Street, using a water-wheel for power. This was called the Union
mill, and stands now in the occupation of the Crown Dairy Company. In
the early fifties Mr Hulke purchased a farm at Bell Block, where he
remained until the outbreak of war in 1860, when he was obliged to come
to New Plymouth for safety. Here he for a time carried on the business
of a nurseryman, and laid out beautiful grounds in Pendarves street (now
occupied by Mr W. Courtney). About 1866, in conjunction with Messrs F.
L. and W. B. Webster, he built the fine steam flour mill in Currie
Street now occupied by Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co. as a warehouse. Some
twenty years later he went back to Bell Block and established a model
dairy farm on the Corbett Road and set about forming that herd of
pure-bred Jersey cattle whose fame travelled throughout New Zealand.
Here for many years he experimented in dairying, and he was one of the
first to see and strongly advocate the benefit of the dairy factory
system now general throughout the Dominion. Of late years he has
suffered from a very distressing malady, which has kept him most a
prisoner, but in spite of his great age his mental powers remained
strong until the last. In the early fifties he married Miss Street, of
Bell Block, who survives him. He had no family, but two of his sisters
are still living in Deal.
Taranaki Daily News 24 October 1908 p2
OBITUARY
AN OLD SETTLER.
A very
old settler, and one with interesting associations, in the person of Mr.
William King Hulke, died at Corbett Road on Thursday evening. Deceased,
who had reached the great age of 89 years, was born at Deal, England,
being the son of Dr. Hulke, who was medical adviser to the Duke of
Wellington, the Duke, as a matter of fact, dying in his arms. William
Hulke started in life as an apprentice in the East India Company, but
look a dislike to the sea, and was sent by his people to a farm in
Pembrokeshire. Later he was attracted by Gibbon Wakefield's New Zealand
colonisation scheme, and emigrated here, landing in Wellington on 12th
December, 1840, his fellow-passengers on the ship London including
Messrs. F. A. Carrington, with his wife and family, Wicksteed, Nixon, E.
Dorset, De B. Brandon, John Regan, etc. Mr. Hulke accompanied a party of
about a dozen who set out the following week to walk to the Wanganui
river. Here they arrived on 30th December. Mr. Hulke, in partnership
with Messrs. Dorset, Keith, and Barley Brothers (Bristol men),
established the first store in Wanganui. He did not, however, remain
long, returning to Wellington, whence he undertook a journey to Sydney to purchase a herd of dairy cows. With these he
established a small dairy farm near the present Wellington suburb of
Kilbirnie and partly on the Miramar peninsula, supplying the people of
Wellington with milk and vegetables. In the latter part of 1842 he went
again to Wanganui, and there erected a flourmill—windmill, with
machinery he had imported from England. This will was destroyed by the
natives in 1845, and in 1847 Mr. Hulke visited New Plymouth and decided
to remove the machinery to this town, where he established a mill in
Queen-street, using a water-wheel for power. This was called the Union
mill, and stands now in the occupation of the Crown Dairy Company. In
the early fifties Mr. Hulke purchased a farm at Bell Block, where he
remained until the outbreak of war in 1860, when he was obliged to come
to New Plymouth for safety. Here he for a time carried on the business
of a nurseryman, and laid out beautiful grounds in Pendarves street (now
occupied by Mr. W. Courtney). About 1866, in conjunction with Messrs. F.
L. and W. B. Webster, he built the fine steam flour mill in
Currie-street now occupied by Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co. as a
warehouse. Some twenty years later he went back to Bell Block and
established a model dairy farm on the Corbett Road, and set about
forming that herd of purebred Jersey cattle whose fame travelled
throughout New Zealand. Here for many years he experimented in dairying,
and he was one of the first to see and strongly advocated the benefit of
the dairy factory system now general throughout the Dominion. Of late
years he has suffered from a very distressing
malady, which has kept him most a prisoner, but in spite of his great
age his mental powers remained strong until the last. In the early
fifties he married Miss Street, of Bell Block, who survives him. He had
no family, but two of his sisters are still living in Deal.
The funeral will take place to-morrow (Sunday).
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