Sir John Buller-Yarde-Buller, by Sir Francis Grant, 1840s
Arms of 1st Baron Churston impaling Newman of Mamhead for his second wife, stained glass, Churston Ferrers Church
John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston (12 April 1799 – 4 September 1871) was a British Conservative politician.
Origins[]
Born John Buller-Yarde-Buller, he was the eldest son of Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet (1767–1833) by his wife Elizabeth Holliday, only daughter and sole heiress of John Holliday of Dilhorne Hall in the parish of Dilhorne, Staffordshire.[1]
Career[]
In 1833 he inherited his father's baronetcy and entered Parliament two years later as Member of Parliament for South Devon. He held the seat for almost twenty-four years and on his retirement in 1858, was raised to the peerage as Baron Churston, of Churston Ferrers and Lupton, Co. Devon.[2] In 1860, he changed the family name to Yarde-Buller. He served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the South Devon Militia and became its commanding officer in 1852 when the post of Colonel of the Regiment was abolished. His son the Hon John Buller Yarde-Buller also served in the regiment and succeeded him in command.[3][4]
Marriages and children[]
Lord Churston married twice:
- Firstly on 24 January 1823 to Elizabeth Wilson-Patten (d.1857), a daughter of Thomas Wilson-Patten of Bank Hall in Lancashire,[5] and a sister of John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh, by whom he had two children:
- Hon. John Yarde-Buller (1823–1867), a soldier, who predeceased his father;
- Hon. Bertha Yarde-Buller (died 1872), who married Sir Massey Lopes, Bt.
- Secondly in 1861 he married Caroline Newman (d.1866), 2nd daughter of Sir Robert Newman, 1st Baronet (1776–1848) of Mamhead House[5] in Devon.
Death and succession[]
Lord Churston died in 1871 and his titles passed to his eldest grandson, John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston.
Notes[]
- ↑ The Assembled Commons; or, Parliamentary biographer, with an abstract of the ..., By Parliament, Commons, lists, p.42 [1]
- ↑ Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£. "Buller Yarde, Francis (1767–1833), of Lupton House and Churston Ferrers, nr. Brixham, Devon. History of Parliament Online". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/buller-yarde-francis-1767-1833. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ H.G. Hart, The New Annual Army List, various dates.
- ↑ Army List, various dates.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Burke
References[]
- Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited.. 1868. pp. 217–8. https://books.google.com/books?id=NiVNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA217.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Yarde-Buller
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