John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (26 October 1846 – 19 April 1910) was a

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and soldier. The elder son of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller (eldest son of

John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston (12 April 1799 – 4 September 1871) was a Conservative Party (UK), British Conservative politician. Origins Born John Buller-Yarde-Buller, he was the eldest son of Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, Sir Francis ...

) and of Charlotte, a daughter of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, of

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,''Burke's Peerage'': 'Churston'.''Who was Who'': 'CHURSTON, John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron (UK) cr 1858; JP'. he joined the

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as an

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on 5 April 1865 and was promoted to Lieutenant &

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on 12 April 1869. He retired in 1871 when he succeeded to his grandfather's titles and estates (amounting to some eleven thousand acres), residing at Brook House,

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. He then took a commission as a lieutenant in the part-time

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on 14 April 1875. The family seat was at

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, and Lord Churston served as a Justice of the Peace in that county. He was appointed a Captain in the

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on 10 January 1877 and resigned his commission in the Staffordshire Yeomanry on 20 June 1877. He was granted the honorary rank of

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in the 1st Devonshire Artillery on 17 July 1886. He retired on 13 February 1895.''London Gazette'', 12 February 1895.
/ref> In 1872, he married Barbara, the only child of

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Sir Hastings Yelverton and of Barbara, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. They had three children: * Hon John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, born 9 November 1873 * Hon Barbara Lois Yarde-Buller, born 5 January 1875, died unmarried, 31 October 1945 * Hon Giles Yelverton Yarde-Buller, born 10 December 1875, died unmarried 9 September 1900 Lord Churston died on 30 November 1910 was succeeded by his surviving son, John, who became the 3rd Baron Churston. Lady Churston died on 1 October 1924. He is the great-grandfather of

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References

Henry Bathurst, ''The Auxiliary Forces List: Staffordshire-Warwickshire-Worcestershire'', Leamington: Bathurst, 1876.
* ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. * '' Who was Who, 1897–1915'', 1988 reprint, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Churston, John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron 2 Scots Guards officers Staffordshire Yeomanry officers 1846 births 1910 deaths

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