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James Wentworth Buller

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Arms of Buller: Sable, on a cross argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first[1]

James Wentworth Buller (1 October 1798 – 13 March 1865)[2][3] of Downes, Crediton, Devon, was a British Whig[4] Member of Parliament for Exeter, in Devon, from 1830 to 1835,[2] and for North Devon from 1857 to 1865.[3]

Origins

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He was the son of James Buller (1766–1827), MP, of Downes, the grandson of James Buller (1717-1765), MP.

Marriage and children

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He married Charlotte Juliana Jane Howard-Molyneux-Howard, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard and Elizabeth Long, on 5 October 1831. His children were:

References

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  1. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.279, Buller of Downes
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  3. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
  4. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 70. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Exeter
18301835
With: Lewis William Buck to 1832
Edward Divett from 1832
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Devon
18571865
With: Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
Succeeded by