Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet

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

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 the 5th 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.

References

• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Bull

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

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