HULME, WILLIAM English philanthropist, was born near Manchester, and died on Oct. 29, 1691. He founded the Hulme Trust in memory of his son, to maintain "four exhibitioners of the poorest sort of bachelors for the space of four years," at Brasenose college, Oxford. The value of the property greatly increased, and the income from it now maintains the Hulme Grammar school in Manchester, supports a residential college, Hulme Hall, attached to the university of Manchester, and provides a number of scholarships at Brasenose college. See J. Croston, Hulme's Charity