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James Buller (17 June 1717 – 30 April 1765) of Morval in Cornwall and of

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and

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in Devon, was a

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for

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in Cornwall (1741-47) and for the County of

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(1748-1765). He was ancestor of the Viscounts Dilhorne and the Barons Churston and built the

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mansion Kings Nympton Park in Devon.

Origins

He was the eldest son of John Francis Buller (1695-1751), MP for Saltash 1718-1722, of

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by his wife Rebecca Trelawney (d.1743), daughter and co-heiress of

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. 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),

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Education

He was educated at

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Career

Buller was elected MP for

in Cornwall in 1741 and represented that constituency until 1747 In 1748 he was elected MP for

, sitting until his death in 1765.

Marriages and children

Buller married twice: *Firstly on 19 November 1739, to Elizabeth Gould (d.1742), daughter and co-heir of William Gould of

near

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, Devon, (which thenceforth became the principal Buller seat) and had by her a son: **James Buller (1740-1772), the father of James Buller (1766–1827), MP. *Secondly in 1744 to Lady Jane Bathurst (d.1794), second (or thirdBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.2275, Tremayne of Morval) daughter of

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. Between 1746–9 he built for her Kings Nympton Park in Devon. By his second wife, he had three sons and three daughters including: ** John Buller (1745-1793) (eldest son), of Morval, MP for Exeter 1768-74, Launceston 1774-80, West Looe 1780-2, a

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. He inherited the estate of Morval from his father. John married Anne, the sister of Sir William Lemon in 1770 at

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. He was appointed Commissioner of Excise for Great Britain in 1790. **

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(3rd son) was a judge and was created a baronet in 1790 and was the ancestor of

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. **Mary Buller, 3rd daughter, wife of James II Templer (1748-1813) of Stover House, Teigngrace, Devon.

Death

Buller died in 1765.

Sources

*Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, pp. 277–279, Buller of Downes. *

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References

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