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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.

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.