English politician
Sir Richard Buller (1578–1642) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1642. He was a Parliamentarian officer during the English Civil War .
Buller was born at Shillingham Cornwall, the son of Francis Buller and his wife Thomasina Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams of Stowford , an Elizabethan-era Speaker of the House of Commons .[ 1] He was knighted in 1608.
Buller was elected Member of Parliament for St Germans in 1621. He was subsequently MP for Saltash from 1625 to 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1637. In April 1640, Buller was elected MP for Cornwall in the Short Parliament . In November 1640, he was elected MP for Fowey in the Long Parliament .[ 2]
Buller was involved in military operations in Cornwall in 1642, and was forced to retreat from Launceston.[ 3] He died in November that year at the age of 64.
Marriage and issue
Buller married Alice Hayward, the daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward , Lord Mayor of London .[ 4] They had six sons and six daughters.[ 5] Three of their sons, Francis , George , and Anthony , served in Parliament.[ 6] [ 7]
References
^ "BULLER, Sir Richard (C.1578-1642), of Shillingham, Cornw. | History of Parliament Online" .
^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229 –239.
^ Historic Cornwall
^ Buller, Anthony Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Richardson, Douglas [1] "Plantagenet Ancestry" pg. 589
^ "Buller, Francis (BLR620F)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229 –239.