Sir Francis Buller
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The Right Honourable Sir Francis Buller K.C. Bt |
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| King's Bench. | |
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In office 6 May 1778 – 19 June 1794 |
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| Succeeded by | Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet |
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| Born |
17 March 1746 Devon, England |
| Died | 5 June 1800 (aged 54) London, England |
| Education |
King's School Ottery St. Mary Christ's Hospital, London. |
| Occupation | Judge |
Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (17 March 1746 – 5 June 1800) of Churston Court in the parish of Churston Ferrers, of nearby Lupton in the parish of Brixham, and of Prince Hall on Dartmoor, all in Devon, was an English judge.
Buller was born at Downes House in the parish of Crediton in Devon, a younger son of James Buller (1717-1765), of Downes and of King's Nympton Park, both in Devon and of Morval in Cornwall, a Member of Parliament for Cornwall, by his second wife Lady Jane Bathurst, daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst. As his elder brothers inherited the substantial family estates, Buller as a younger son was obliged to make his own fortune, which he achieved both from his brilliant legal career and from having married a wealthy heiress.
After an education at The King's School, Ottery St Mary in Devon, and at Christ's Hospital, London, in February 1763 he entered the Inner Temple as a pupil of William Henry Ashurst, special pleader, and obtained his own certificate as special pleader in 1765. In Easter term 1772 he was called to the bar and rose rapidly, becoming King's Counsel on 24 November 1777. On 6 May 1778, aged just 32, he was made a puisne judge of the King's Bench.
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