Sir Edward Hulse, 7th Baronet Sir Edward Hulse, 7th Baronet Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, 7th Baronet (31 August 1889 – 12 March 1915) was an officer in the British Army during the First World War. He had his letters published posthumously detailing his account of the fighting on the Western Front, describing events such as the Christmas Truce. Born in Westminster to Lady Hulse, only daughter of Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, and Sir Edward Henry Hulse, 6th Baronet and a Conservative politician. He succeeded to the title of baronet in 1903, after his father committed suicide. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College,
Edward Downes Freischütz". Downes's first experience of conducting a new production came about by accident when the eminent elderly French conductor Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht proved unable to hold the ensemble together, so that after the general rehearsal David Webster and the French ambassador in London persuaded Inghelbrecht to withdraw, and Downes took over from the opening night. Downes remained a company member for 17 years, returning annually thereafter as a guest conductor before assuming the post of Associate Music Director in 1991. Downes conducted at least 950 performances of 49 operas at Covent Garden, including a Ring Cycle in 1971. Elsewhere, he became