Sir Anthony Buller (26 July 1780 – 27 June 1866) was an English lawyer and member of parliament. He was the 7th son of John Buller (1745–1793), MP of Morval, Cornwall, who had represented Exeter, Launceston and West Looe in the

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. Three of Anthony's brothers also became MPs. He was educated at

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(1788–96) and studied law at

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(1797), where he was

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in 1803. He represented West Looe in Parliament from 1812 to 1816 and was knighted in the latter year. He practiced law on the Western circuit before being offered the post of Puisne Judge in Madras, India (which he may never have taken up) followed by the offer of a similar post in Bengal. He served as puisne judge in

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on the Bengal bench from 1816 to 1827 and on his return again represented West Looe from 1831 to 1832. He was an English

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er who was active in the 1790s playing for Westminster School and C. Lennox's XI. He is recorded playing in one first-class match in 1797, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0. He married his cousin Isabella Jane, the daughter of

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and with her had 3 sons and 7 daughters.

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1780 births 1866 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1831–1832 English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Colonel C. Lennox's XI cricketers Knights Bachelor Anthony, 1780 19th-century English lawyers Place of birth missing {{England-cricket-bio-1770s-stub