James Wentworth Buller

Arms of Buller: *Sable, on a cross argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first*^[1]

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[edit]

He was the son of James Buller (1766–1827), MP, of Downes, the grandson of James Buller (1717-1765), MP.

Marriage and children[edit]

He 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.

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Wentworth Buller

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Samuel Trehawke Kekewich Lewis William Buck	Member of Parliament for Exeter 1830 – 1835 With: Lewis William Buck to 1832 Edward Divett from 1832	Succeeded by Sir William Webb Follett Edward Divett
Preceded by Lewis William Buck Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt (1)	Member of Parliament for North Devon 1857 – 1865 With: Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt (2) Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis

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[1] Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.279, Buller of Downes

[rayment-e2-2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

[rayment-d2-3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)

[stooks-smith-4] 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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