The Hulme Trust (also known as "Hulme’s Charity") is an educational trust and charity (No. 532297) founded in 1691 by the bequest of the English lawyer and landowner
William Hulme
William Hulme (c.1631 – 1691) was an English lawyer and landowner from Lancashire responsible for the creation of the Hulme Trust (also known as Hulme's Charity).
Early life
The Hulme family's pedigree was recorded by the Heralds in a Vis ...
(c.1631–91).
History
With his only son, Banaster Hulme (1658–73) having died at the age of 15,
William Hulme
William Hulme (c.1631 – 1691) was an English lawyer and landowner from Lancashire responsible for the creation of the Hulme Trust (also known as Hulme's Charity).
Early life
The Hulme family's pedigree was recorded by the Heralds in a Vis ...
left his property to his wife and after her death to be held in trust forming “Hulme’s Charity”.
The Trust was to use the money for educational purposes:
Hulmeian Exhibitions were established at
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the m ...
to support four poor students through their studies and for four years after graduation. The trustees determined that the exhibitions should be limited to the sons of Lancashire clergy. The first Exhibitioners were chosen in 1692. As the wealth of the trust increased through profitable property investments, several Acts of Parliament allowed the Trustees to spend the money on other purposes so the number of Exhibitioners was increased and a lectureship in
Divinity
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established at
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the m ...
.
In 1827, the Trust was allowed to begin purchasing
Anglican
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benefices
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and bought 28 in total (with 21 in Lancashire alone). The Trust was also allowed to build and provide funds for church repairs. These purchases proved controversial, with some regarding feeling the trust was being misused.
In 1881, the Trust was reorganised. It was to provide eight Senior and twelve Junior Exhibitioners at
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the m ...
and annual sums to
Hulme Hall – a hall of residence for Anglican students in Owens College (then the only constituent college of the
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The university owns and operates majo ...
). It was also to provide an annual sum to
Owen's College, Manchester
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itself.
Hulme Hall was to award twenty scholarships and other scholarships were to be funded at Owen's College, with an annual sum to fund Professors of Classical/English Literature or Ancient/Modern History, and two Hulme Scholarships from 1893.
The
Charity Commissioners empowered the Trust to use its funds to establish and endow schools – it established, in Manchester,
William Hulme's Grammar School
William Hulme's Grammar School is a mixed all-through school in Whalley Range, Manchester, England.
History
William Hulme (1631–1691) of Hulme Hall, Stockport, was the founder of "Hulme's Charity" later known as the Hulme Trust. Follow ...
(in 1887), re-founded the existing Oldham Grammar School as
Hulme Grammar School
Oldham Hulme Grammar School, formerly Hulme Grammar School, is a private grammar school in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
History
Oldham Grammar School was founded in 1611 by several charitable individuals including Laurence Chadeton, b ...
, in 1887, and funded new buildings for the existing school
Bury Grammar School
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. Scholarships were also created to allow students from these schools to study at
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the m ...
. Further grants were given to
Manchester High School for Girls
Manchester High School for Girls is an English independent day school for girls and a member of the Girls School Association. It is situated in Fallowfield, Manchester.
The head mistress is Helen Jeys who took up the position in September 2020 ...
,
Manchester Grammar School
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, Pendleton High School for Girls and to re-establish the existing Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Middleton.
Trustees
Many of the Trustees have been important figures and some of these have included:
See also
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