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Sir Samuel Hulse, GCH (27 March 1746 – 1 January 1837) was a British Army officer. He saw his first active duty during the

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in June 1780 before commanding the 1st Battalion of the

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at key battles of the

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during the French Revolutionary Wars. He also commanded the 1st Guards Brigade at a later battle and then joined the retreat into Germany during the closing stages of the Flanders Campaign. He later took part in the

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and then returned to England to become General Officer Commanding South East District. After completing active service in the Army, he served in the household of

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Military career

Born the second son of

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and Hannah Hulse (née Vanderplank), Samuel Hulse was educated at Eton College and commissioned as an ensign in the

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on 17 December 1761.Heathcote, p. 182 He was promoted to

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in his regiment on 12 March 1776. He saw his first active duty when he was called out to deal with the

in June 1780. Promoted to colonel in the army on 26 November 1782, he became Treasurer and Receiver-General to the Prince of Wales in January 1787. Promoted to

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in his regiment on 14 March 1789, and to first major in his regiment of his regiment on 11 August 1792, Hulse commanded the 1st Battalion at the

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in May 1793 and at the Siege of Dunkirk in August 1793 during the

. Promoted to major-general on 18 October 1793, he commanded the 1st Guards Brigade at the Battle of Willems in May 1794 and then joined the retreat into Germany later that year.Heathcote, p. 183 He was promoted to

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in his regiment on 3 May 1794. After returning to England in 1795 Hulse was given command of troops in the

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area. Promoted to lieutenant general on 9 January 1798, he was sent to Ireland with a brigade of guards at the time of the

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although he was never actually engaged in putting down the rebellion. He took part in the

in August 1799 and then returned to England to become General Officer Commanding South East District with promotion to full general on 25 September 1803. He commissioned the building of West Heath House at Woolwich Road in

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around this time. Hulse went on to be lieutenant-governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in 1806 and Master of the Household to the Prince of Wales in August 1812. He was appointed a

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when the Prince ascended to the throne as King George IV in 1820 and knighted in 1821. He also became Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in February 1820 and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household of King George IV as well as a member of the

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in May 1827. Hulse also served as honorary colonel of the

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, of the

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and then of the

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. He was promoted to

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on the occasion of the coronation of King William IV on 22 July 1830. He died at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on 1 January 1837 and was buried in the family vault at St Michael and All Angels Churchyard at Wilmington in Kent.

Family

Hulse married Charlotte (died 5 February 1842); they had no children.

References

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