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Joseph Pulley | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Hereford | |
| In office 1880-1886 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1822 |
| Died | 5 August 1901 |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Mary Jane Burgess (m. 1860) |
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Sir Joseph Pulley, 1st Baronet, DL (8 September 1822 – 5 August 1901), was an English Liberal politician.
Biography
[edit]Pulley was the son of Joseph Pulley of Bayswater and his wife Fanny Oldaker. He was a J. P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire.[1]
Pulley stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Hereford in 1874 and 1878 and was elected Member of Parliament for the constituency in 1880. He held the seat until 1886.[2]
Pulley was created baronet of Lower Eaton, Hereford, on 4 July 1893.[3] He died at the age of 78 without issue and the baronetcy became extinct.[4]
He married Mary Jane Burgess in 1860, but they had no children.[5] Pulley's sister Letitia married Thomas A. Oldaker, an estate agent, and in 1902 their daughter Emma Maud Oldaker married Captain William Davies, with many descendants.[6][5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ↑ "Leigh Rayment Commons". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ↑ Williams, William Retlaw (1896). The Parliamentary History of the County of Hereford. Priv. print. for the author by E. Davies and Bell. p. 109.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment Baronets
- 1 2 Finian Leeper, Thomas (Tom) Allies Oldaker family tree at cam.ac.uk, accessed 25 April 2019.
- ↑ "Davies William & Oldaker Emma Maud" in Register of Marriages for Wandsworth Registration District, vol. 1d (1902), p. 753.
