Edward Hulton | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:EDward_Hulton_(senior),_c.1901.jpg) Hulton c. 1901[1] | |
| Born | 1838 Manchester, England |
| Died | 1904 (aged 65–66) Bucklow, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Newspaper proprietor |
| Spouse | Mary Mosley |
| Relatives | Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet (son) Margaret, Lady Strickland (daughter) Sir Edward George Warris Hulton (grandson) Sir Jocelyn Stevens (great-grandson) Poppy Delevingne (great-great-great-granddaughter) Cara Delevingne (great-great-great-granddaughter) |
Edward Hulton (1838–1904) was a British newspaper proprietor in Victorian Manchester. Born the son of a weaver, he was an entrepreneur who established a vast newspaper empire and was the progenitor of a publishing dynasty.[2][3][4]
- ^ "Mr Edward Hulton. A Character Sketch". Lancashire Faces & Places. 1 (4): 52–54. April 1901.
- ^ Tate, Steve (2009). "Hulton, Edward (1838–1904)". In Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa (eds.). Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Gent: Academia Press. p. 296. ISBN 9789038213408.
- ^ Powell, Michael; Wyke, Terry; Beetham, Margaret Rachel (2009). "Manchester Press". In Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa (eds.). Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Gent: Academia Press. p. 395. ISBN 9789038213408.
In 1871 Ned Hulton began to publish the Sporting Chronicle, the first of a huge empire which he established in Manchester, which included the Sunday Chronicle, the Daily Dispatch and Athletic News. Hulton's new premises in Withy Grove in the heart of the city became the biggest printing house in Europe.
- ^ Porter, Dilwyn (2004). "Hulton, Sir Edward, baronet (1869–1925), newspaper proprietor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34048. Retrieved 28 August 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Biography of Hulton's son Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet.