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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.