General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Sir
Name Suffix:<NSFX> 1st Bt. Churston
Burke's on line - BLG - Buller of Downes
4a FRANCIS (Sir), the distinguished Judge, cr Bt 29 Nov 178
9. His grandson was 1st BARON CHURSTON (see BURKE'S Peerage
).
Burke's on line - PAB - Churston, B.
Sir Francis Buller, 1st Bt (GB), so cr 13 Jan 1790, KC (177
7); b 17 March 1745/6; barrister 1772; Second Judge Cheste
r Circuit 1777, Judge: King's Bench 1778, Common Pleas 1794
; m c 1771 Susannah, only dau and heir of Francis Yarde, o
f Churston Ferrers and Ottery St Mary, Devon, and d 4 Jun
e 1800, leaving an only son:
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he field, four eagles, displayed of the first. Crest:-A Sar
acen's head couped proper Motto:-Aquilla non capit muscas
.   
BULLER OF DOWNES
CAPT. MICHAEL FRANCIS BULLER, of Downes, Crediton, Devon, l
ate The Rifle Bde, served in WW I, ret 1922, re-employed 19
39; b 13 Sept 1896; educ Harrow, and RMC; m 27 April, 1926
, •Hon Dawn Weston, formerly wife of late Sir Lionel Ceci
l William Alexander, 6th Bt of Dublin (see BURKE'S Peerage)
, and est dau of 1st and last Baron Cable (see BURKE'S Peer
age, 1927 edn), and has issue,
•Iris Dawn Cable; b 7 March, 1929; m 8 Dec 1949, •Rev Sir P
atrick Ferguson Davie, 5th Bt, MA, of Creedy Park Crediton
, Devon (see BURKE'S Peerage), and has issue, one s.
Lineage-RICHARD BULLER, of Tregarrick, s of Alexander Bulle
r, of Lillesdon, Devon, by his wife Elizabeth, dau of Sir J
ohn Horsey, Kt; m Margaret, dau and co-heir of Thomas Treth
urffe, of Trethurffe, and cousin and co-heir of 1st Earl o
f Devon, and d Nov 1555, leaving issue,
FRANCIS BULLER of Shillingham, High Sheriff 1600; m Thomasi
ne, dau of Thomas Williams, MP of Stowford, Devon, Speake
r of the House of Commons temp. ELIZABETH I, and d 27 Dec 1
615, leaving issue,
1a RICHARD (Sir), of whom presently.
2a Francis, of Tregarrick, Cornwall; m Sibill (bur 16 Dec 1
670), dau and co-heir of Roger Nicholls, and d 1649, leavin
g issue.
1a Thomasine; m Francis Rawle, Ld of Tresparett, Cornwall.
2a Margaret; m Richard Kendall, of Treworgy.
The elder s,
SIR RICHARD BULLER, of Shillingham, High Sheriff and MP 163
7; m Alice, dau of Sir Rowland Hayward, and co-heir of he
r bro, Sir John Hayward. His will, dated 30 March, 1640, wa
s proved 1 March, 1646. He left issue,
FRANCIS of whom presently.
Thomasine; m Josias Calmady, of Langdon Hall, Devon, es
t s and heir of Sir Shilston Calmady, by his wife Honoria
, widow of Sir H. Prideaux.
His s,
FRANCIS BULLER, of Shillingham, and of Ospringe, Kent, MP f
or Cornwall 1640; m Thomasine, dau of Sir Thomas Honywood
, and had with other issue,
1a FRANCIS, of whom presently.
2a JOHN, of Morval.
The elder s,
FRANCIS BULLER, of Shillingham; b 1630; m Elizabeth, dau an
d heir of Ezekiel Grosse, of Gowlden, by whom he acquired s
eventeen manors, and had issue. His male line failed, wit
h James Buller (d 1707), when his estates went to the othe
r branch, settled at Morval.
JOHN BULLER, of Morval and the Isle of Thanet, 2nd s of Fra
ncis Buller, of Shillingham; m 1st, Anne, dau and sole hei
r of John Coode, of Morval (through whom came the manor an
d estates of Morval), and had issue,
1a JOHN, of whom presently.
1a Mary; m Thomas Dodson, of Tonkin, MP for Liskeard 1702.
2a Elizabeth; m John Worth, of Talland.
3a Anne; m George Parker.
4a Thomasine.
He m 2nd, Jane, dau and sole heir of Walter Langdon, of Kev
erel. His s and heir,
JOHN BULLER, of Morval, MP for East Looe during the Protect
orate; m Mary, 3rd dau and co-heir of Hon Sir Henry Pollexf
en, Ld Ch Justice of the Common Pleas, and had issue,
JOHN FRANCIS, of whom presently.
Mary Ann; m Christopher Harris, MP, of Hayne, Devon, whos
e bro, John, was Master of the Household to GEORGE II and G
EORGE III.
His s,
JOHN FRANCIS BULLER, of Morval, MP for Saltash 1718-22; bap
t 11 April, 1695; m 22 July, 1716, Rebecca (bur 6 Aug 1743)
, dau and co