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BULLER, SIR ANTHONY, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 26 Jul 1780; adm. 29 Feb 1788; KS 1794; played cricket against Eton 25 Jul 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jul 1797, called to bar 12 May 1803; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras, 6 Sep 1815, transferred to Bengal 10 Apr 1816; knighted 23 Apr 1816; retd. 1 Jan 1827; again MP West Looe 1831-2; of Pound, Devon; m. 4 Feb 1805 his cousin Isabella Jane, sister of William Lemon (qv); d. 27 Jun 1866.

BULLER, CHARLES REGINALD, third son of James Buller (qv); b. 24 Jul 1806; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1819; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Mar 1825; entered Ceylon Civil Service, 9 May 1825; District Judge, Colombo; Government Agent, Central Province; member, Ceylon Legislative Council; retd. 16 Aug 1855; m. 1st, 9 Nov 1842 Emma, dau. of George Little, Asnagh, co. Longford; m. 2nd, 31 Aug 1869 Bridget Margaret, widow of Rev. Joseph Sortain, Brighton, Sussex, and dau. of Sir Patrick Macgregor, Bart., FRCS, Serjeant-Surgeon to George IV; d. 22 Apr 1879.

BULLER, CHARLES, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 3 May 1774; adm. 20 Feb 1788; Writer, EICS Bengal, 24 Jun 1791; arrived in India 4 Aug 1791; Assistant to Persian and Bengali Translator, Board of Revenue, 26 Aug 1791; Registrar to Judge of Patna, 1793; Persian and Bengali Translator, Board of Revenue, 1794; Factor and Sub-Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1797; Junior Merchant and Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1 Apr 1801; Third Member, Board of Revenue, 1 Jan 1807; Senior Merchant, 1807; Commissioner, Cuttack, 1808; in England 1811-6; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Supernumary Member, Board of Revenue, Bengal, 15 Nov 1816; Senior Member, Board of Commissioners, Bihar and Benares, 24 Dec 1818; returned home 9 Feb 1821; resigned from EICS 1826; MP West Looe 1826- Feb 1830; m. 26 Aug 1805 Barbara Isabella, dau. of Maj. -Gen. William Kirkpatrick, EICS Bengal; d. 17 May 1848.

BULLER, SIR EDWARD, BART., brother of John Buller (qv); b. 24 Dec 1764; adm. 30 Jun 1774; entered Royal Navy 1777; acting Lieut., 15 Mar 1783; Cdr., 26 Apr 1783; Post Capt., 19 Jul 1790; Col. of Marines 9 Nov 1805-8; Rear-Adm., 28 Apr 1808; Vice-Adm., 12 Aug 1812; distinguished himself in Calder’s action against Villeneuve, 22 Jul 1805, while in command of HMS Malta; MP East Looe 1802-20; created baronet 3 Oct 1808; of Trenant Park, Cornwall; m. 15 Mar 1789 Gertrude, dau. of Col. Philip Van Cortlandt; d. 15 Apr 1824.

BULLER, HENRY BURRELL, son of G. Buller, Upper Guildford Street, London; b. 29 Dec 1809; adm. 17 Sep 1821. [Doubtless son of Cornelius Buller, Governor and Director, Bank of England, then living at 70 Guildford Street, and Mary, dau. of Richard Down, Halliwick Manor House, Colney, Hatch, Middlesex, and London, banker].

BULLER, HENRY JOHN, fourth son of James Buller (qv); b. 1 May 1811; adm. (G) 27 Sep 1819; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Feb 1829; BA 1833; MA 1837; ordained deacon (Bath and Wells, lit. dim. from Exeter) 17 Jan 1836, priest (Ely) 4 Jun 1837; Rector of West Parley, Dorset, from 7 Sep 1839; m. 1st, 8 Feb 1844 Mary Theodosia, eldest dau. of John Rickards, Ailstone Hill, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 14 May 1873 Cornelia Theresa, widow of Henry Templer, Ceylon Civil Service, and dau. of John Boyle Bagenal; d. 2 Nov 1873.

BULLER, HENRY, brother of John Buller (qv); b.; adm. 30 Jun 1774; Writer, EICS Bengal 1778; Third Judge of Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit, Calcutta; d. unm. at Cape of Good Hope 29 Dec 1799, aged 36.

BULLER, JAMES, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 9 Nov 1772; adm. 20 Feb 1788; adm. Inner Temple 29 Jan 1790, called to bar 1795; a Commissioner of Bankrupts c. 1797-1807 (occurs in annual lists 1799-1809); MP West Looe 1802 - Jan 1805, 1806 - Jan 1812; a Lord of the Admiralty 6 Apr 1807 - Mar 1812; Clerk Extraordinary, Privy Council 13 Mar 1782 – 1811, Clerk in Ordinary, Privy Council, from 19 Aug 1811; m. 23 Jun 1795 Mary, sister of John Templer (qv); d. 14 Nov 1830.

BULLER, JOHN FRANCIS, eldest son of John Buller MP, Morval, Cornwall, and Anne, d. of William Lemon, Carclew, Cornwall; bapt. 14 Jan 1771; adm. 20 Jan 1784; in school list 1787; adm. Inner Temple 22 Apr 1789; Ensign, 67th Foot 11 Nov 1789; 1st Foot Guards 2 Jan 1790; of Morval, Cornwall, inherited from father 1793; MP West Looe 1796 - Nov 1796, 1826 - Mar 1827; DL JP Cornwall, High Sheriff 1835; m. 1st, 10 Apr 1799 Elizabeth, younger dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. James Yorke DD, Bishop of Ely; m. 2nd, 29 Jun 1814 Harriet, fourth dau. of Sir Edward Hulse, Bart.; d. 3 Apr 1849.

BULLER, JOHN, eldest son of John Buller MP, East Looe, Cornwall, and his first wife Mary, daughter of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. , MP; nephew of William Buller (adm. 1743, qv); b. ; adm. ? (Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6, recording his attendance at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783, but the fact of his having been at Westminster is not otherwise substantiated and he may have been at Eton); Writer, EICS Bengal, 7 Mar 1777; arrived in India 3 Jul 1778; Assistant to Collector, Chittagong, 1778; Factor, 1782; Senior Merchant, 1788; Collector, Tripura, to 1792; member, Board of Revenue, 1792, Senior Member 1801-2; MP East Looe 1796 - May 1799, but remained in India and did not take his seat in House of Commons; returned to England 1802; MP East Looe 1802-7; m. 1st, 7 Sep 1795 (div. 1799) Catherine Eliza, dau. of Thomas Wiggins; m. 2nd, 11 Dec 1805 Augusta Eliza, dau. of John Nixon, La Bergerie, Queens Co. , Ireland; d. 3 May 1807, in 47th year]