Pulley was the son of Joseph Pulley of Bayswater and his wife Fanny Oldaker. He was a
J. P. and
Deputy Lieutenant for
Herefordshire. Pulley stood unsuccessfully for parliament at
Hereford in 1874 and 1878 and was elected
Member of Parliament for the constituency in 1880. He held the seat until 1886. Pulley was created baronet of Lower Eaton, Hereford, in 1893. He died at the age of 78 without issue and the baronetcy became extinct. He married Mary Jane Burgess in 1860, but they had no children. Pulley's sister Letitia married Thomas A. Oldaker, an
estate agent, and in 1902 their daughter Emma Maud Oldaker married
Captain William Davies, with many descendants. ==References==