Edward Hulton (senior)
| Edward Hulton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1838 Manchester, England |
| Died | 1904 (aged 65) Bucklow, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Newspaper proprietor |
| Spouse(s) | 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 "Ned" 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.
[He] never pretended to be other than a plain man who had struck lucky. Originally a bill-setter for the Manchester Guardian, he had built up a fine business out of the profits of a sporting tissue which had gone well in sport-mad Manchester.
Hulton was born in Manchester in 1838, the son of a weaver.
While working as a compositor for The Manchester Guardian (now known as The Guardian), he earned extra income publishing the Sporting Bell, a popular local horse racing tip sheet, under a pseudonym named after Kettledrum, the 1861 Epsom Derby winner.
The Bell was similar to any number of midday racing tissues that proliferated in the big industrial towns of the midlands and the north. Printed on one side of a single sheet, it carried the latest news from the courses, the selections of the leading morning papers, and up-to-date betting odds from the principal clubs.
The Sporting Bell ultimately grew into the Sporting Chronicle 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 which specialised in horse racing and published starting price odds, became the first major national daily sporting newspaper. Its main competitor was the Sporting Life established in 1859.
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