912 Joseph Pulley

Constituency : Hereford 1880-6

Joseph  was  one  of  two  victorious  Liberals  at  Hereford. A The  result  was  disputed  but  an  election  petition  was  withdrawn  at  the  last  minute  after  an  apparent  agreement  between  the  local  parties  . Afterwards  they  could  not  agree  on  what   had  been  agreed  and  most  of  Joseph's  parliamentary  interventions  were  on  this  matter.

Joseph  stood  in  1874  and  at  a  by-election  in  1878. He  was  a  respected  local  landowner  who  allowed  public  access  on  his  estates.

In  1886   Joseph  moved  the  second  reading  of  a  bill  to  make  it  easier  for  deserted  women  to  get  maintenance  from  their  partners. He  was  defeated  by  265  votes  at  the  election  that  year.

Joseph  was  created  a  baronet  in  1893 then  stood  again  at  Hereford  in  a  by-election  that  year  but  was  defeated  on  the  Home  Rule  issue ( according  to  The  Spectator )   by  44 votes .

He  died  in  1901  aged  78.