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 from a Covent Garden "Otello" and Downes led the opera with no rehearsal. He felt on home ground, and then championed Verdi revivals in England. He conducted 25 of Verdi's 28 operas, and devised the idea to perform all of them in time for the 2001 centenary of the composer's death. With Paul Findlay, Downes planned a Verdi festival for the Royal Opera House which would cover all Verdi's operas from 1995 to 2001, performing four each year, starting each five-week festival with a large, grand work, then a revival of a repertoire piece then rarities. The plans included using