Family and Education
b. 6 Aug. 1806, in Calcutta, 1st s. of Charles Buller I* and Barbara Isabella, da. of Maj.-Gen. William Kirkpatrick, E. I. Co. service. educ. Harrow 1811-21; Edinburgh Univ. 1822-3; by Thomas Carlyle 1822-4; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1824; L. Inn. 1824, called 1831. unm. d. 28 Nov. 1848.
Offices Held
Chief sec. to gov.-gen. of Canada 1838 – 41; sec. to bd. of control June – Sept. 1841; judge adv.-gen. July 1846 – Dec. 1847; pres. poor law bd. Dec. 1847 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Polvellan, Cornw.; 4 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.
Notes
D.A. Haury, Origins of the Liberal Party and Liberal Imperialism: The Career of Charles Buller, 1806-48 is the most comprehensive biography.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
BULLER, Charles II (1806-1848)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion