Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet

Sir William Bull in 1913

Sir William James Bull, 1st Baronet MP PC (29 September 1863 – 23 January 1931) was a British 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. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1918 and created a baronet, of Hammersmith in the County of London, in 1922.

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.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy
Member of Parliament for Hammersmith
19001918
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Hammersmith South
19181929
Succeeded by
Daniel Chater
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Hammersmith)
19221931
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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