Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet
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The Right Honourable Francis Buller K.C. |
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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 Downes, Crediton in Devon, was an English judge.
Buller was born at Downes House in Devon, the son of James Buller, of Morval in Cornwall and of Downes and King's Nympton Park in Devon, Member of Parliament for Cornwall, by his second wife Lady Jane Bathurst, daughter of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst.
In 1763, at the age of 17, he married Susanna Yarde (1740–1810), the daughter and sole heiress of Francis Yarde (1704–1750) of Ottery St Mary in Devon (who was the fifth son of Edward Yarde (1669–1735), of Churston Court, a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon 1695–1698). Susanna was also the niece and heiress of John Yarde (1702–1773) of Churston Court in the parish of Churston Ferrers, Devonshire.
Buller's eldest surviving son and heir was Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet (1767–1833), who in compliance with the will of his maternal great-uncle John Yarde (1702–1773) assumed the surname Yarde in lieu of his patronymic, but later by royal sign manual added the additional surname Buller. His eldest surviving son was John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston (1799–1871), who was raised to the peerage in 1858; and his second surviving son was Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Baronet (1800–1882), who was created a baronet in 1866.
In the late 1790s Buller was in poor health, suffering from frequent attacks of gout and other ailments. He died during the night of 4/5 June 1800 after having some form of attack during a game of piquet at his house in Bedford Square, shortly before he had arranged to resign. He was buried in St Andrew's Churchyard, Gray's Inn.
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