Francis Buller was recorded in the Buller Pedigree in the Visitation of Cornwall in 1620 as the eldest son of Sir Richard Buller and Alice, daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward. In 1620 he was aged around 17[1].
Francis Buller was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
Buller was the son of Sir Richard Buller, of Shillingham, Cornwall.[2] The Buller family was originally from Somerset and acquired Shillingham in around 1555.[3] He entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1620 and matriculated at the Inner Temple in 1622.[2] In 1624, Buller was elected Member of Parliament for Saltash and was re-elected in 1625.[4]
In April 1640, Buller was elected MP for Saltash in the Short Parliament. He was elected MP for East Looe for the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648.[4] During the Civil War he commanded a regiment for the Parliamentary army at Plymouth. He subsequently moved to Kent.[3]
Buller married Thomasine Honeywood, daughter of Sir Thomas Honeywood of Elmstead Kent. His sons Francis and John were also MPs in Cornwall.[2]
England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 , England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Transcription First name(s) Francis Last name Buller Gender Male Marital status - Occupation - Event year 1677 Birth year - Death year 1677 Death date 17 Nov 1677 Age at death - Death place Ospringe, Kent, England Burial place - Place Ospringe County Kent Country England Record set England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from United Kingdom Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl.
Cruikshank, Eviline. The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 1. p. 400
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