Sir James Buller East, 2nd Baronet (1 February 1789 – 19 November 1878) was a British

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. East, eldest son of Sir Edward Hyde East, was born in

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, London, on 1 February 1789. He was educated at Harrow and at

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, where he proceeded

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in 1810,

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in 1824, and was created a

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on 13 June 1834. He was called to the

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of the

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on 5 February 1813, became a

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of his

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on 15 January 1856, and reader in 1869. He succeeded his father as second

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on 8 January 1847. As a conservative, he sat for

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from 30 July 1831 to 3 December 1832, when he was defeated, and from 10 January 1835 to 10 February 1864. He was a

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and deputy-lieutenant for

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, and a magistrate for

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. He died at Bourton House, near

Moreton-in-Marsh Moreton-in-Marsh is a market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds district and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England. The town stands at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road (now the A429) and the ...

, Gloucestershire, on 19 November 1878 and left £70,000 in his will. He married, 27 June 1822, Caroline Eliza, second daughter of James Henry Leigh, and sister of

Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh (27 June 1791 – 27 September 1850) was a British landowner and minor poet. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. Early life Leigh was the son of James Henry Leigh, of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, the son of Jame ...

. She was born on 12 June 1794, and died on 7 April 1870.

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