Sir Henry Tulse was an alderman of the City of London

City of London

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 and was Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

 in 1684.

Tulse was elected alderman for Bread Street Ward in the City of London

City of London

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 in 1673. He was knighted at the Guildhall on 18 October 1673. In 1674 he was Sheriff of London. He became Lord Mayor in 1684.

Tulse owned estates in South London which were named Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London, England. It lies to the south of Brixton, east of Brixton Hill, north of West Norwood and west of West Dulwich.-History:...

 after him. His daughter Elizabeth married Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow

Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow

Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow PC was a British Whig Member of Parliament, known as Sir Richard Onslow, 2nd Baronet from 1688 until 1716. He served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1708 until 1710 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1714 until 1715...

, and the Onslow family subsequently owned the estates.

Tulse was the cousin of Henry Tulse

Henry Tulse (died 1697)

Henry Tulse was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Tulse was the son of Henry Tulse of Hinton Admiral and his wife Margaret. His father died in 1642 and his mother subsequently married John Hildesley. He entered Wadham College, Oxford in 1653...

, MP for Christchurch

Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

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after the Restoration.