Henry Charles Hull

Henry Charles Hull (21 November 1860 – 9 October 1932) was the first South African Minister of Finance when the Union of South Africa was formed in March 1910. He served in the first Louis Botha cabinet. He assisted in drafting of South Africa's first constitution. He was a lawyer, politician, and mining financier. He assisted in the formation of Anglo American plc.

Background His career started with an appointment in the Cape civil service based in Kimberley. Hull would participate in war with General Brabant's column when it relieved the besieged British forces at Wepener.

Hull would join the Transvaal National Association, later called the Nationalists, and was opposed to Milner's use of Chinese labour on goldfields.

After leaving politics, Hull assisted in the formation of Anglo American to fund gold mining on the Far East Rand. He accompanied Ernest Oppenheimer to London in 1915 to organise finance for the new company with American investors fronted by Herbert C. Hoover and William L. Honnold.

Death Hull died in Muizenberg, Cape Town in 1932.