Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet

Sir William Bull in 1913

Sir William James Bull, 1st Baronet, PC (29 September 1863 – 23 January 1931) was an English solicitor and Conservative politician.

Officers of the C Company of Bushmen (West London Volunteers) 1915. Sir William Bull is in the centre.

Biography

Bull was the son of Henry Bull, a solicitor, and his wife Cecilia Ann Howard, daughter of James Peter Howard. He was returned to Parliament for Hammersmith in 1900, a seat he held until 1918, and then sat for Hammersmith South until 1929.

Having been knighted in 1905,[1] he was admitted to the Privy Council in 1918[2] and created a baronet, of Hammersmith in the County of London, in 1922.[3]

Bull married Lilian Hester Brandon, daughter of Gabriel Samuel Brandon, on 5 January 1904. They had four sons. He died in January 1931, aged 67, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Stephen. His third son, Anthony Bull, was Chairman of London Transport from 1965 to 1971. His youngest son, Peter Bull, became a well-known character actor. Lady Bull died on 3 September 1963.

He compiled A History of the Broadway Congregational Church, Hammersmith, which was published in 1923.

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27865. p. 9084. 19 December 1905.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30764. p. 7461. 25 June 1918.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32779. p. 9029. 22 December 1922.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy		 Member of Parliament for Hammersmith
1900–1918 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South
1918–1929 		Succeeded by
Daniel Chater
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Hammersmith)
1922–1931 		Succeeded by
Stephen John Bull
Court offices
Preceded by
(none)		 Registrar of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor
1908-1911 		Succeeded by
Sir Harry North
Preceded by
Henry Pellatt		 Knight Principal of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor
1923-1931 		Succeeded by
Trevor Dawson
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