Thomas Hull

Thomas Hull may refer to:

Thomas Hull (MP)

Thomas Hull (by 1528-75/76) was an English politician.

Life

Hull was originally a clothier, probably from Devizes. The identity of Hull's wife is unrecorded, but they had five sons and one daughter.

Career

Hull was a Member of Parliament for Devizes, Wiltshire in 1553, 1554, 1555 and 1558. He was Mayor of Devizes 1554-1555.

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Thomas Hull (actor)

Thomas Hull (1728–1808) was an English actor and dramatist.

Early life

Born in 1728 in Strand, London, where his father practised as an apothecary, he was educated at Charterhouse School, with a view to a career in the church. He made an unsuccessful attempt to follow his father's profession.

Stage career

According to Biographia Dramatica, Hull first appeared at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin; and then moved on to Bath, Somerset, where he managed the theatre for John Palmer. His first recorded appearance was, however, at Covent Garden Theatre, 5 October 1759, as Elder Wou'dbe in George Farquhar's Twin Rivals. At Covent Garden Hull stayed without a break, apparently, till the end of his career, a period of forty-eight years. He was the original Harpagus in John Hoole's Cyrus (3 December 1768), Edwin in William Mason's Elfrida (21 November 1772), Pizarro in Arthur Murphy's Alzuma (23 February 1773), Mador in Mason's Caractacus (6 December 1776), Sir Hubert in Hannah More's Percy (10 December 1777), and Mr. Shandy in Leonard McNally's Tristram Shandy (26 April 1783).