Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BULLER, SIR GEORGE (_3 son of Frederick Wm. Buller of Pelynt, Cornwall who d. 8 Nov. 1855_). _b._ 30 May 1800; ensign 23 foot 2 March 1820; lieut. col. Rifle brigade 27 Aug. 1841 to 12 Dec. 1854, col. commandant 13 Oct. 1860 to death; commanded 2 brigade of light division in Crimea 21 Feb. 1854 to 11 Dec. 1854; commanded a brigade and then a division in first Kaffir war 1847; commanded a division in second Kaffir war 30 Aug. 1852 to 31 Oct. 1853; commanded division in Ionian Isles 1856–62 and troops at Portsmouth 1865–70; C.B. 26 Dec. 1848; K.C.B. 5 July 1855; G.C.B. 2 June 1869. _d._ 23 Bruton st. Berkeley sq. London 12 April 1884. BULLER, JAMES WENTWORTH (_eld. son of James Buller of Downes near Crediton 1766–1827, M.P. for Exeter_). _b._ Downes 1 Oct. 1798; ed. at Harrow and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1819, B.C.L. 1824, D.C.L. 1829; fellow of All Souls coll.; M.P. for Exeter 29 July 1830 to 29 Dec. 1834, for North Devon 6 April 1857 to death; colonel 1st Devon yeomanry cavalry 5 Aug. 1842 to death; chairman of Bristol and Exeter railway. _d._ 109 Jermyn st. Piccadilly, London 13 March 1865. BULLEY, REV. FREDERIC (_3 son of John Bulley of Reading_). Demy of Magd. coll. Ox. July 1825, probationer fellow 1837, served offices of dean of arts, bursar, vice pres., dean of divinity and college tutor successively, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832, B.D. 1840, D.D. 1856; pres. of his college Jany. 1855 to death; author of _A tabular view of the varieties in the communion and baptismal offices of the Church of England_ 1842. _d._ Marston hill near Fairford 3 Sep. 1885 aged 75. BULLIONS, REV. PETER. _b._ Moss Side near Perth Dec. 1791; ed. at Univ. of Edin. 1810–13; licensed by presbytery of Edin. June 1817; pastor of presbyterian church at Argyle in Washington county, New York March 1818; professor of languages in Albany academy Nov. 1824 to 1848; pastor of United presbyterian church at Troy, New York 1834–52 and Dec. 1853 to death; author of _Practical lessons in English grammar_ 1844, _new ed._ 1853; _An analytical and practical grammar of the English language_, _21 ed._ 1853, and many other books. _d._ Troy 13 Feb. 1864. BULLOCH, JOHN. _b._ 1805; a working brass-finisher at Aberdeen; contributed several articles on decimal coinage to the _Athenæum_; suggested a number of textual emendations which were introduced into notes of _W. G. Clark’s Cambridge Shakespeare_ 1863; author of _Studies of the text of Shakespeare_ 1878. _d._ Aberdeen at end of Dec. 1882. BULLOCK, EDWARD (_eld. son of Edward Bullock of Jamaica_). Educ. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; barrister I.T. 26 Nov. 1824; judge of Sheriff’s Court of London and comr. at Old Bailey 1840–50; common serjeant of City of London 1850 to Dec. 1855. _d._ Upfield near Stroud, Gloucs. 27 Dec. 1857 aged 57. BULLOCK, FREDERICK (_son of James Bullock, commander R.N._) Entered navy 28 Nov. 1804; captain 28 June 1838; granted pension for wounds 11 Nov. 1864; admiral on half pay 10 Sep. 1869; F.R.G.S.