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Catalogue description BULLER OF DOWNES
This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
| Reference: | 2065M |
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| Title: | BULLER OF DOWNES |
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TITLE Crediton Exeter St. Thomas Aylesbeare Brampford Speke Coffinswell Colaton Raleigh Coleridge Exeter St. David's Pinhoe Shobrooke Whitestone/Newton St. Cyres Mixed parishes/whole estate LEASES Crediton Exeter St. Thomas Misc. parishes FAMILY Marriage Settlements Wills Testamentary and family papers Appointments and honours Pedigree Correspondence and papers Misc., artistic and literary Family accounts Diaries CORRESPONDENCE J.W. Buller Redvers Buller ESTATE Surveys and valuations Rentals Maps and plans Accounts and ledgers Letter Books Inventories Estate Files Estate Correspondence Vouchers, etc. Misc. estate papers Out-county papers Abstracts of title Draft and copy deeds LEGAL SPECIAL SUBJECTS Railways Elections Charities Sir Redvers Buller, Military papers Manorial Parish Transport MISCELLANEOUS |
| Date: | 1323 - 1956 |
| Held by: | Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 8 subfonds |
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This collection of Devon records complements the records of Buller of Shillingham in Cornwall, where the family settled in the 16th century. The Devon branch was established following the marriage in 1739 of James Buller of Morval, Downes, and Shillingham, MP for Cornwall, to Elizabeth daughter of William Gould of Downes. James Buller (1766-1827) was MP for Exeter, and his son James Wentworth (1798-1865) was MP for Exeter and subsequently for the Northern Division of Devon. The family and the records culminated in the career of Sir Redvers Henry Buller (1839-1908), including his term of office as Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as well as his military exploits in the China War, 1860, the Red River Expedition, 1870, the Ashanti War, 1873-4, the South African War, 1878-9, the Egyptian Expedition, 1882-4, the Sudan Expedition, 1884-5, and the Boer War, 1899-1900. 20th century records reflect the lives of Mowbray Buller and Dame Georgiana, daughter of Sir Redvers. There are understandably many papers relating to Sir Redvers's life and career in the 2065M collection and its additional deposits, but equally extensive and informative are the records of estate management over a period of two centuries and the copious correspondence about family matters. The family played an active role in the political life of their county, in the parishes of Crediton and St Thomas, and in the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The Bullers were related by marriage at one time or another to the Howards, Earls of Suffolk, the Howard-Molyneux-Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, the Wallops, Earls of Portsmouth, and the Watneys (the brewers), and their correspondence reflects the social milieu in which they moved. Several members of the family had distinguished careers, including the Right Revd William Buller (1735-1796), who was Bishop of Exeter from 1792 to 1796, and Ernest Wentworth Buller (born 1841), who was a noted engineer and mathematician. The records themselves are not only unusually copious but full of surprises. The military papers of Sir Redvers include a trunk of field telegrams, transcriptions of heliograms (including the infamous message to White at Ladysmith which allegedly advised him to surrender), and military maps and notebooks. The original Gould properties in and around Crediton and St Thomas, Exeter came to the Buller family through the Killigrew and Bodley families; part had been the episcopal manor of Crediton. In the early nineteenth century, James Buller considerably extended these properties by purchase. There is also a small group of mediaeval deeds of property in the Aylesbeare and Whimple area, which came to the Bullers through the Yonge family. |
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