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date: 06 December 2024

Hulton, Sir Edward (George Warris)free

Hulton, Sir Edward (George Warris)free

Kt 1957

Born 29 Nov. 1906; s of late Sir Edward Hulton, former proprietor of Evening Standard; m 1st, 1927, Kira (marr. diss. 1932), d of General Goudime-Levkovitsch, Imperial Russian Army; no c; 2nd, 1941, Princess Nika Yourievitch (marr. diss., 1966), 2nd d of Prince Serge Yourievitch, Russian sculptor, and Helene de Lipovatz, d of Gen. de Lipovatz; two s one d; died 8 Oct. 1988

magazine publisher; writer

Education

Harrow; Brasenose Coll., Oxford (open scholarship

Career

Contested Leek Div. Staffs, as Unionist, 1929; Harwich Div., 1931. Called to Bar, Inner Temple; practised on South-Eastern Circuit. Founder, Hulton Press, 1938; founder and proprietor, Picture Post, 1938–57; Chm., Hulton Publications Ltd. Pres., European Atlantic Group, 1969–70; Mem., British Atlantic Cttee; Vice-Pres., European League for Economic Co-operation; Mem. Nat. Council, British Council of the European Movement. FRSA. Liveryman and Freeman of Company of Stationers; Freeman of City of London. NATO Peace Medal, 1969

Publications

The New Age, 1943; When I Was a Child, 1952; Conflicts, 1966; contrib. various newspapers and books

Recreation

reading

Clubs

Athenæum, Beefsteak, Carlton, Garrick, Travellers’, Buck’s

Address

5 Carlton Gardens, SW1