James Wentworth Buller (1 October 1798 – 13 March 1865)[2][3] of Downes, Crediton, Devon, was a British Whig[4] Member of Parliament for Exeter, in Devon, from 1830 to 1835,[2] and for North Devon from 1857 to 1865.[3]
Origins
editHe was the son of James Buller (1766–1827), MP, of Downes, the grandson of James Buller (1717-1765), MP.
Marriage and children
editHe married Charlotte Juliana Jane Howard-Molyneux-Howard, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard and Elizabeth Long, on 5 October 1831. His children were:
- General Rt. Hon. Sir Redvers Henry Buller (1839-1908), V.C.
- Arthur Tremayne Buller (b. 19 March 1850 - d. 28 January 1917), father of the cricketer Eric Tremayne Buller (d. 1973).
References
edit- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.279, Buller of Downes
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 70. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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