James Buller (1717–1765)

James Buller (1717-1765), portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), collection of trustees of Antony House, Cornwall
Arms of Buller: Sable, on a cross argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first[1]
Kings Nympton Park, built as "New Place" by James Buller (1717-1765) between 1746–49 to the design of Francis Cartwright of Blandford in Dorset, based on Marble Hill House in Twickenham, one of the earliest Palladian houses in England built between 1724–29[2]

James Buller (17 June 1717 – 30 April 1765)[3] of Morval in Cornwall and of Downes and King's Nympton in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for East Looe in Cornwall (1741-47) and for the County of Cornwall (1748-1765). He was ancestor of the Viscounts Dilhorne and the Barons Churston and built the Palladian mansion Kings Nympton Park in Devon.

Origins

He was the eldest son of John Francis Buller (1695-1751), MP for Saltash 1718-1722, of Morval, Cornwall by his wife Rebecca Trelawney (d.1743), daughter and co-heiress of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet,[4] Bishop of Winchester. His younger brothers were the politicians John Buller (1721–1786), MP and Lord of the Admiralty, Francis Buller (1723-1764), MP, and William Buller (1735-1796), Bishop of Exeter.[4]

Education

He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.[3]

Career

Buller was elected MP for East Looe in Cornwall in 1741 and represented that constituency until 1747[5][6] In 1748 he was elected MP for Cornwall, sitting until his death in 1765.[7]

Marriages and children

Buller married twice:

Death

Buller died in 1765.[14]

Sources

References

  1. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.279, Buller of Downes
  2. ^ Pevsner & Cherry, Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.522
  3. ^ a b c d e Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke, ed. (1985). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. I. Cambridge: Secker & Warburg. p. 132.
  4. ^ a b c Burke, John (1847). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Vol. I. London: Henry Colburn. p. 157.
  5. ^ "BULLER, James (1717-65), of Morval, Cornw. | History of Parliament Online".
  6. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, East Looe". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Cornwall". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.2275, Tremayne of Morval
  9. ^ "Information about a record on the Cornwall OPC Database". www.cornwall-opc-database.org. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Information about a record on the Cornwall OPC Database". www.cornwall-opc-database.org. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ^ "BULLER, John (1745-93), of Morval, Cornw. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Buller, Sir Francis, first baronet (1746–1800)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3914. Retrieved 27 June 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.278
  14. ^ "ThePeerage - James Buller". Retrieved 15 March 2007.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Looe
1741 – 1747
With: Francis Gashry 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cornwall
1748–1765
With: Sir John Molesworth 1748–1761
Sir John St Aubyn 1761–1765 		Succeeded by