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.
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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:
- Firstly on 19 November 1739, to Elizabeth Gould (d.1742), daughter and co-heir of William Gould of Downes near Crediton, Devon, (which thenceforth became the principal Buller seat) and had by her a son:
- Secondly in 1744 to Lady Jane Bathurst (d.1794), second (or third[8]) daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst.[3] Between 1746–9 he built for her Kings Nympton Park in Devon. By his second wife, he had three sons and three daughters including:[3]
- John Buller (1745-1793[9]) (eldest son), of Morval, MP for Exeter 1768-74, Launceston 1774-80, West Looe 1780-2, a Lord of the Treasury. He inherited the estate of Morval from his father.[8] John married Anne, the sister of Sir William Lemon in 1770 at Mylor, Cornwall.[10] He was appointed Commissioner of Excise for Great Britain in 1790.[11]
- Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (3rd son) was a judge and was created a baronet in 1790 and was the ancestor of Baron Churston.[12]
- Mary Buller, 3rd daughter, wife of James II Templer (1748-1813) of Stover House, Teigngrace, Devon.[13]
Death
Buller died in 1765.[14]
Sources
- Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, pp. 277–279, Buller of Downes.
- History of Parliament biography
References
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