John Buller (politician, Born 1632)
John Buller (1632–1716) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1695. Buller inherited from his father the Cornish estate of Shillingham near Saltash, and owned an estate in the Isle of Thanet. He inherited from his first wife the Cornish estate of Morval, near Looe, in Cornwall.Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.279 His ancestors had long been active in the county administration of Cornwall and he was himself ancestor to many eminent men, several members of parliament, the Buller baronets and Baron Churston and the famous soldier Major-General Sir Redvers Buller (1839–1908), VC. Origins The Bullers were a west country family who had become yeoman tenants following the dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey. John Buller was the second son of Francis Buller, MP for Cornwall in 1640, of Shillingham near Saltash, in Cornwall and Ospringe in Kent by his wife Thomasine Honywood daughter of Sir Thomas Honywood. He was heir to his nephew Jam ...
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