Charles Pulley Explained

Charles Pulley
Office1:Member of Parliament for Hereford
Term1:1918-1921
Office2:Member of Parliament for Ross
Term2:1918
Office3:High Sheriff of Herefordshire
Term3:1912
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:24 July 1864
Birth Place:Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Lower Eaton, Hereford, England
Education:King's College London

Sir Charles Thornton Pulley (24 July 1864 – 5 April 1947) was a British racehorse owner and breeder, a member of the London Stock Exchange and Conservative Party politician.

Biography

Pulley was born in Cork on 24 July 1864 and educated at King's College School and King's College London. He was later a member of the London Stock Exchange.[1]

In 1912 he was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire. Pulley was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross at a by-election in May 1918, and held the seat until it was abolished at the general election in December 1918.[2] He was then elected as the Coalition Conservative MP for Hereford.[3]

He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire on 15 January 1919, and resigned from the House of Commons on 22 December 1920.[4]

Pulley was a bloodstock breeder and horses from his stud at Lower Eaton won 460 races. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1922[5]

Pulley had married Iva Hopkins in 1906, she died in 1942 and they had no children. Pulley died at Lower Eaton, Hereford on 5 Apr 1947 aged 82.

Notes and References

  1. Sir Charles Pulley . 8 April 1947 . 7 . 50729 .
  2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 294.
  3. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.
  4. Web site: Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 . Department of Information Services . . 9 June 2009 . 30 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110206041753/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf . 6 February 2011 . dmy .
  5. City Notes . 3 June 1922 . 19 . 43048 .