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BULL, HENRY EDWARD, elder son of Henry Bull (qv); b. 8 Mar 1843; adm. 4 Oct 1856 (James'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1861; played cricket v. Cambridge 1863, and for Gentlemen v. Players 1864; hon. sec. and treasurer, Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club; landowner; JP (1889) Buckinghamshire; m. 1st, 24 Sep 1867 Florentia, elder dau. of William Watts, Hanslope Park, Bucks.; m. 2nd, by 1881, Caroline H. ---; d. 31 May 1905.

BULL, HENRY, brother of John Bull (qv); b. 18 Aug 1797; adm. 13 Jan 1808; KS (Capt., aged 13) 1811; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student; BA 1819; MA 1821; ordained deacon 12 Jan 1822 (York); an Usher at the School 1819-21, Under Master 1821-6; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, 20 Dec 1834-7; Select Preacher 1837; Vicar of Lathbury, Bucks., from 17 Jul 1838; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, Oxford, 1877; Busby Trustee from 18 May 1876; a regular contributor of epigrams at Election Dinner, and wrote a number of prologues and epilogues for the Latin Play; m. 8 Aug 1839 Frances Sophia, eldest dau. of Rev. Robert Edward Hughes, Rector of Shenington, Oxfordshire; d. 18 Dec 1888.

BULL, JOHN, son of John Bull MRCS, St. Michael’s, Oxford, and Martha, dau. of Robert Hughes, Ruthin, Denbighshire; b. 5 Oct 1789; in school list 1803; KS (aged 14) 1804; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student, Tutor and Censor; 1st cl. Cl. and 1st cl. Mathematics 1811; BA 1812; MA 1814; BD 1821; DD 1825; Public Examiner 1817-9; Proctor 1820; Select Preacher 1822; ordained; Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire; Rector of Sowton, Devon, 12 Oct 1821-6; Prebendary of Exeter 26 Mar 1823; Archdeacon of Cornwall 6 Feb - 6 May 1826, Archdeacon of Barnstaple 6 May 1826 - 10 Mar 1830; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall, 23 May 1826 (still 1829); Prebendary of York from 8 May 1826; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 11 Mar 1830, also Treasurer Christ Church 1832-57; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 19 Nov 1830; d. unm. 21 Feb 1858. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

BULL, NATHANIEL; b.; adm.; KS ; was the cause of Philip Henry’s only whipping by Busby (Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, 1882, 10); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, matr. 27 Feb 1650/1, Westminster Student, Censor; BA 24 Feb 1651/2; MA 1654; signed testimonials in favour of John Lambert (qv) and of Edward Bagshaw (qv), the latter of which, dated 13 Apr 1657, was used in his defence against Busby; Surmaster, St. Paul’s School, London, 1658-67; Head Master, Leicester GS 1667-70 (HMC Report, viii, appendix i, 439).

BULL, RICHARD, son of Sir John Bull, Kt., Chipping Ongar, Essex, Turkey merchant and Sheriff, City of London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Turner; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1735; left 1741; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 29 Apr 1743, scholar 1744, matr. Lent 1743/4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Apr 1742; MP Newport (Cornwall) 26 Jun 1756-80; of North Court, Shorwell, Isle of Wight; a prominent collector of books and engravings; m. 1747 Mary, widow of Bennett Alexander Bennett (qv), and dau. of Benjamin Ash, Ongar, Essex; d. 12 Dec 1805.

Bull, Roland John Howard, eldest son of Henry John Howard Bull, of Hammersmith, solicitor, by Bertha Frances, daughter of Frederick John Nash, of Tulse Hill, Surrey; b. April 10, 1892; adm. Jan. 19, 1905 (A); left July 1907; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1913, and became a partner in the firm of Bull and Bull, of London and Hammersmith; joined the Artists' Rifles Feb. 24, 1909; 2nd Lieut. 16th (co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Aug. 26, 1914; Lieut. June 25, 1915; Capt. May 24, 1917; went out to the western front Sept. 29, 1915; attached to the R.E. for Army Signal Service Sept. 13, 1916, and subsequently to 8th Heavy Artillery; killed accidentally July 13, 1917; unm.

BULL, STEPHEN, eldest son of William Bull, Ashley Hall, South Carolina, Governor of South Carolina, and Mary, dau. of Richard Quintyne, South Carolina; b. 18 Mar 1707; adm. May 1723; in under school list 1724; served as Capt. on St Augustine expedition; member Commons House of Assembly, South Carolina, 1737, 1738, 1743, 1746; m. 1st, 27 Apr 1731 Martha, dau. of Benjamin Godin, Charleston, South Carolina, merchant; m. 2nd, 2 May 1747 Judith, dau. of James Nicholas Mayrant; d. 1750.

BULL, WILLIAM, brother of Stephen Bull (qv); b. 24 Sep 1710; adm. May 1723; in under school list 1724; Speaker, South Carolina House of Assembly, 1740-2, 1744-7, 1748-9; member, Council, South Carolina; Lieut. -Gov., South Carolina 6 Dec 1759, acting Gov. 1760-1, 1764-6, 1768, 1769-71, 1773-5; returned to England; in Jul 1779 accepted the “government of South Carolina, when restored to the King’s peace”; was back again in Charleston in Feb 1781, when as Lieut. -Gov. he made a report on affairs in the province to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (HMC Stopford Sackville, ii, 131, 201); a man of much tact and ability, and although a strong royalist was respected by all the colonists; m. 17 Aug 1746 Hannah, dau. of Hon. Othniel Beale, member Council, South Carolina; d. in London 4 Jul 1791.

BULLER, ---; b.; in school lists 1746-9.

BULLER, ---; b.; in school list 1749.