Edward "Ned" Hulton (1838–1904) was a British
newspaper proprietor in
Victorian Manchester
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. Born the son of a
weaver, he was an entrepreneur who established a vast newspaper empire and was the progenitor of a publishing dynasty.
[ Biography of Hulton's son ]Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward George Stephen Hulton, 1st Baronet (3 March 1869 – 23 May 1925) was a British newspaper proprietor and thoroughbred racehorse owner.
In 1921, he was awarded a baronetcy, of Downside in the parish of Leatherhead in Surrey, for ...
.
Early life and publishing business
Hulton was born in Manchester on 16 July 1838,
the son of a weaver.
[
While working as a compositor for ''The Manchester Guardian'' (now known as '']The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
''), he earned extra income publishing the ''Sporting Bell'', a popular local horse racing
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tip sheet
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,[ under a pseudonym named after ]Kettledrum
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, the 1861 Epsom Derby
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winner.
The ''Sporting Bell'' ultimately grew into the ''Sporting Chronicle
The ''Sporting Chronicle'', known colloquially as ''The Chron'', was a Manchester-based, daily, national horse racing newspaper which operated in Great Britain for 112 years until its closure in 1983 due to unsustainable losses (£5.8 million si ...
'' newspaper Hulton founded in 1871 with financial backing from Edward Overall Bleackley (1831–1898), a local cotton merchant. Sales were boosted by the decision of several local newspapers including ''The Manchester Guardian'' to restrict racing coverage to appease the growing anti-gambling sentiment in society. The ''Sporting Chronicle'', a broadsheet
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which specialised in horse racing and published starting price
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odds, became the first major national daily
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sporting newspaper.[ Its main competitor was the '' Sporting Life'' established in 1859.][
Writing as "Kettledrum", Hulton was also the ''Sporting Chronicles ]tipster
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History
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,[ and a tipping column was written by others under the same pseudonym until the newspaper closed in 1983.] Hulton's publishing business started off in a basement in Spear Street in Manchester city centre
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.[ In 1873 premises were established for the expanding business at Withy Grove,][ the current site of The Printworks entertainment complex.
In 1875 Hulton also founded the weekly '']Athletic News
The ''Athletic News and Cyclists' Journal'' was a Manchester-based newspaper founded by Edward Hulton in 1875. It was published weekly, covering weekend sports fixtures other than horse racing, which was already covered by the ''Sporting Chronicl ...
'', which covered weekend sports fixtures other than horse racing and supported professional football
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,[ and in 1885 he founded the '']Sunday Chronicle
The ''Sunday Chronicle'' was a newspaper in the United Kingdom, published from 1885 to 1955.
The newspaper was founded in Manchester by Edward Hulton in August 1885. He was known for his sporting coverage, already publishing the ''Sporting Chro ...
''.[ The newspapers founded by Hulton survived in some form long after his death. In 1931 the '']Athletic News
The ''Athletic News and Cyclists' Journal'' was a Manchester-based newspaper founded by Edward Hulton in 1875. It was published weekly, covering weekend sports fixtures other than horse racing, which was already covered by the ''Sporting Chronicl ...
'' merged with the Monday edition of the ''Sporting Chronicle'', which ceased publication in 1983.[ In 1955 the ''Sunday Chronicle'' merged with the '']Empire News
The ''Empire News'' was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom.
The newspaper was founded in 1884 in Manchester as ''The Umpire''. A penny newspaper, it was the first successful provincial Sunday newspaper in England. Owned by H. S. Jennings, ...
'', which merged five years later with the ''News of the World
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'' tabloid, which ceased publication in 2011.
Hulton's second son Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
expanded his father's newspaper interests, founding the ''Manchester Evening Chronicle
''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' was a newspaper established by Sir Edward Hulton, a Manchester City chairman, a newspaper proprietor and a racehorse owner. It started publication in 1897, was renamed ''Evening Chronicle'' in 1914 but stayed in ...
'' in 1897, the ''Daily Dispatch'' in 1900 and the ''Daily Sketch
The ''Daily Sketch'' was a British national tabloid newspaper, founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton.
It was bought in 1920 by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mirror Newspapers, but in 1925 Rothermere sold it to William and Gomer Berry ...
'' tabloid in 1909.[ Edward sold his publishing business based in London and Manchester, which included a large group of newspapers, for £6 million when he retired in 1923. The newspapers sold included: ''Sporting Chronicle'', ''Athletic News'', ''Sunday Chronicle'', ''Empire News'', '']Evening Standard
The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format.
In October 2009, after be ...
'', ''Daily Sketch'', ''Sunday Herald
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'', ''Daily Dispatch'' and ''Manchester Evening Chronicle''.[
]
Marriage and children
Hulton married Mary Mosley in 1859.[ Through his son Edward (1869–1925), Hulton is the grandfather of magazine publisher Sir ]Edward George Warris Hulton
Sir Edward George Warris Hulton (29 November 1906 – 8 October 1988) was a British magazine publisher and writer.
Early life
Hulton was born to Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet, a newspaper publisher and racehorse owner originally from Mancheste ...
(1906–1988),[ and the great-grandfather of magazine publisher and newspaper executive Sir ]Jocelyn Stevens
Sir Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens, (14 February 1932 – 9 October 2014) was the publisher of ''Queen'' magazine and a London newspaper executive.
Education and career
Stevens attended Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and Sandhurs ...
(1932–2014). Hulton's daughter Theresa married Portuguese baron Sebastião Clemente de Sousa Deiró, 1st Baron of Sousa Deiró (Ponta Delgada
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, 17 April 1866 – 1916) in 1894. Hulton's fourth daughter, Dame Margaret, DBE (1867–1950), was the second wife of Baron Strickland, 4th Prime Minister of Malta
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. Together with Strickland's daughter Mabel from his first marriage, the couple founded ''The Times of Malta
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''.
Death
Hulton died in 1904 at the age of 65 in Bucklow, Cheshire,[ and is buried in Sale Brooklands Cemetery in ]Sale, Greater Manchester
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. The net value of his estate was £509,000.[
]
See also
* Media coverage of horseracing in Great Britain
*Media in Manchester
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References
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