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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Alexander John

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​SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Alexander John Smith is brother of Lieuts. Henry Thos. and Wm. Rich. Smith, R.N.; and cousin of Commander J. M. R. Ince, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thetis frigate, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, fitting for South America. On that ship being wrecked off Cape Frio 5 Dec. 1830, he returned to England in the Druid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, and in the ensuing March was discharged. In Jan. 1832 he became Midshipman (a rating he had before attained) of the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer Lambert Henry Vassal], then equipping for the East Indies, where he was actively employed in the suppression of piracy in the Straits of Malacca, and took part in two severe conflicts, which terminated in the destruction of the settlements at Poulo Arroa and Poulo Sujee. The Harrier having been paid off, he next, in Dec. 1835 (he had passed his examination 5 Aug. preceding), joined, in the capacity of Mate, the Cove sixth-rate, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, with whom, in the ensuing Jan., he left England for the purpose of seeking out, and of conveying relief to, some missing whalers who had been frozen up in Baffin Bay. After serving for a few months on the north coast of Spain in the Salamander steamer, Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and for two years among the Orkneys, as extra Mate, in the Mastiff surveying-vessel, Master-Commander Geo. Thomas, he was again, in April, 1839, placed under the orders of Capt. J. C. Ross, as Senior Mate, on board the Erebus bomb, in which vessel he sailed, in Sept. of the same year, in company with the Terror, on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic seas. For his services while so; employed he was promoted, 16 Aug. 1841, to the rank of Lieutenant. He came home in Sept. 1843; and since 1844 has been in charge of the observatory at Hobart Town.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Andrew

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​SMITH. (Commander, 1841.)
Andrew Smith is second son of the late Andrew Smith, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, by Maria, only child of Wm. Hulke, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1812, as Midshipman, on board the Elizabeth, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Morris, lying at Greenock. After serving for a year and seven months at Leith in the Latona 38, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, and Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, he joined, in June, 1815, the Junon 38, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and Arthur Fanshawe, on the Jamaica station. He was next, from Aug. 1816 until he invalided in Oct. 1820, employed at Home and again in the West Indies in the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, Ramillies 74 and Salisbury 58, flagships of Rear-Admirals Sir W. J. Hope and Donald Campbell, and Euryalus 42, Commodore Thos. Huskinson. While attached to the Salisbury he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 Aug. 1819, and was actively engaged in her boats in the suppression of piracy. His appointments after he left the Euryalus were – between 1821 and 1830, to the Dover 28, Prince Regent 120, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Poo Beresford, Sir Benj. Hallowell, and Sir Jas. Saumarez, at Leith, Sheerness, and Plymouth, to the Meteor bomb, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Jas. Scott, a second time to the Britannia, and to the Hussar 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle at Halifax – in July, 1830, to the Victor 18, in the West Indies – 4 Dec. following, to the acting-command, for six months, of the Falcon 10 – 4 July, 1831, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, again in the West Indies – next, to the North Star 28, on the same station – and, 26 July, 1841, as Senior, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, in the Mediterranean. He was present in the Meteor in the demonstration made by Sir Harry Burrard Neale before Algiers in 1824; and on 27 Nov. in the same year he chanced to be in the Partridge sloop when wrecked off the coast of Holland. On that occasion, by remaining on board until all had landed, he was the main instrument of saving the lives of 27 of the crew. Since his last promotion, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, he has been on half-pay.
Commander Smith married, in 1836, Agnes Mary, daughter of Thos. Rattray, Esq., by whom he has issue a son and daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Edward Garrow

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​SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Edward Garrow Smith passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 11 Oct. 1827; and, since 3 June, 1833, has been employed in the Coast Guard. On the occasion of the wreck of H.M. brig Skylark off the Isle of Wight, 25 April, 1845, he rendered, at great personal risk, all the assistance that gallantry and humanity could suggest.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smart, Robert

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​SMART, K.H. (Capt., 1837. f-p., 23; h-p., 14.)
Robert Smart was born in Sept. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct, 1810, as Fst.-cl, Vol,, on board the Adamant 50, Capt, Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway on the Leith station, where he was lent for eight months to the Plover 18, Capt. Colin Campbell, and for nine to the Rifleman 18, Capt. Joseph Pearce. From March, 1813, until Oct. 1816, he served on the West India, Brazilian, and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained 9 May, 1811) and as Master’s Mate, in the Pique 36 and Glasgow 50, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, under whom he assisted, in the latter ship, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was then received for a few weeks on board the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at Portsmouth. In Sept. 1817, nine months after he had passed his examination, he again joined Capt. Maitland in the Glasgow, on the Mediterranean station, where he was nominated, 1 July, 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Bamsden. He was confirmed to that vessel 11 Sept. following, but left her in Oct. 1821, and was subsequently appointed, again in the Mediterranean – 26 June, 1823, to the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton – 7 Dec. 1825, to the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale – 6 Aug. 1826, to the Ariadne 26, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence – and, in Oct. 1827, a second time to the Cambrian, commanded, as before, by Capt. G. W. Hamilton, under whom he fought at the battle of Navarin, and was wrecked during an attack on a nest of pirates at Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828. He attained the rank of Commander 21 April, 1828; served in that capacity in the Satellite 18, in the North Sea and South America, from 16 Sept, 1832 ​until Oct. 1834, and from Feb. 1835 until paid off in Jan. 1836; was advanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 1837; and was afterwards, from Aug. 1841 until June, 1843, employed in command of the Impregnable 104 and Howe 120, flag-ships of Sir Fras. Mason in the Mediterranean, and, from 13 Aug. 1844 until 1848, of the Collingwood 80, hearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific. In the Satellite he made prize, 15 Nov. 1833 and 15 June, 1834, of the Paquete da Sol and Duquesa da Braganza slavers – one of them laden with 577 negroes.
On 18 April, 1832, Capt. Smart was nominated a K.H., and in the course of the same year he was created by the King of Prussia a Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, in consideration of his having been selected to accompany from the river Thames to Germany a miniature frigate presented to that monarch by King William IV. He married, 14 Sept. 1848, Elizabeth Isabella, daughter of the late B. Sharpe, Esq., of Fleet-street, London, Banker.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Benjamin

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​SMITH. (Retired Commander, 1836.)
Benjamin Smith died about the commencement of 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, previously to Aug. 1790 (at which period he attained the rating of Midshipman), on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, attached to the force on the Home station. In March, 1792, he removed to the Hussar frigate, Capt. Rupert George, at Halifax; and from the close of that year until made Lieutenant, 6 Nov. 1795, into the Sylph sloop, Capt. John Chambers White, he was employed in the Mediterranean and Channel in the Thetis and Leda frigates, Capts. Geo. Campbell, Hon. Wm. Paget, and John Woodley, Alcide 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Philip Cosby, and Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower. He was present in the Leda in a rencontre with two French frigates near Toulon, at the occupation of that place and the siege of Bastia, and in another action with two frigates off Cadiz; and in the Triumph, in Cornwallis’s retreat, 16 and 17 June, 1795. In the Sylph he assisted at the capture, in May and Sept. 1796, of the Mercury Dutch brig of 16 guns and Phoenix French privateer of 4 guns and 32 men. He was on board the same vessel in July, 1797, when by a well-directed fire she prevented the crew of the French 36-gun frigate Calliope, on shore near the Penmarcks, from using any means to save their ship or stores; and in the following month he was in her in an attack made upon a French convoy at the entrance of Sable d’Olonne, and at the capture of five coasting-vessels and the destruction of Le Petit Diable French cutter of 18 guns and 100 men. In the affair with the Calliope the Sylph had 6 of her people wounded, and with the convoy at Sable d’Olonne 2 killed and 4 wounded. From March, 1798, until April, 1802, Mr. Smith served on various parts of the Home station in the Lion 64, Capt. Manley Dixon, Tigre 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, America 64, Capt. John Smith (part of the force engaged in the expedition to Holland in 1799), Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, and Texel 64, Capts. Rich. Incledon and Henry Garrett; from July, 1803, until June, 1805, he was employed in the Sea Fencibles; he then joined the Audacious 74, Capt. John Lawford, lying at Plymouth; and from Aug. 1805 until July, 1811, and from Oct. 1813 until Dec. 1814, he had charge of a Signal station in the counties of Denbigh and Devon. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior list 31 Dec. 1830, and on the Senior 24 March, 1836.
Commander Smith married, 4 Aug. 1841, Mrs. Ann Nibbs, widow, formerly of Liverpool. His only daughter, by a former marriage, is the wife of Lieut. W. S. Bradley, R.N. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Christopher

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​SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1821.)
Christopher Smith died 28 May, 1845, at Woodlands, near Wington, Somerset. He was son of the late Leny Smith, Esq., of Homerton, co. Middlesex. This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Laurestinus 24, Capt. John Clavell, with whom, from the following June until his return to England in 1819 in the Malabar 74, he served on the Mediterranean, North American, and East India stations, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Orlando 42, flag-ship for some time of Sir Rich. King. After he had been for a year and eight months employed, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert at St. Helena, he was confirmed, we believe, 9 Nov. 1821, into the Shearwater 10, Capt. John Walter Roberts, in which vessel he came home and was paid off in the early part of 1822. From 6 July, 1825, until May, 1827, he served in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, at Home and in the West Indies; he obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 28 Aug. 1834; and from 4 April, 1836, until July, 1841, he commanded the Star Falmouth packet.
Lieut. Smith married, in 1839, Eliza, eldest daughter of T. Cox, Esq., of Stockwell. Agents Messrs. Halford and Co.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Andrew (a)

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​SMITH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 29.)
Andrew Smith (a) was born in Dec. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean, where he attained the rating of Midshipman in May, 1809, and continued to serve in the Cephalus 18 and Topaze 36, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Harvey, until Jan. 1812. He was next, until Dec. 1813, employed in the North Sea and Channel in the Chatham 74 and, as Master’s Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, flagships of Admirals Matthew Henry Scott and Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope; and from the latter date until April, 1815, in the capacity last mentioned and as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Latona 38, bearing the flag of Sir W. J. Hope, Apelles 14, Capt. Alex. M‘Vicar, Oberon 14, Capt. Jas. Murray, Stork 18, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson, and Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage – all on the Leith station. He was officially promoted 28 Aug. 1815, and served afterwards, from 4 Sept. in that year until 23 Oct. 1816, and from 17 Feb. 1817 until 24 June, 1819, again at Leith, in the Cherokee, commanded, as before, by Capt. Ramage, and in the Nimrod 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling. He has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Buller, Edward

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​BULLER. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Edward Buller entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1818; passed his examination in 1824; was promoted, 29 March, 1828, into the Menai 26, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, on the South America station; and since 1830 has been unemployed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bulley, John

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​BULLEY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 31; h-p., 4.)
John Bulley was born 22 Dec. 1797, at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1812, as ​Midshipman, on board the Swaggerer 18, Lieut.Commanders Geo. Jas. Evelyn and Chas. Deyman Jermy, on the West India station, where he frequently came into contact with the American privateers. He next served, for periods of a few months, in the Liberty 12, Lieut. -Commander Edw. Hooper Senhouse, and Eclipse 18, Capt. Hen. Lynne; and then joined the Charybdis 18, Capt. Jas. Clephan, under whom, after actively sharing in the operations against New Orleans in 1814-15, he conveyed to Sir Geo. Cockburn off Cumberland Island the despatches announcing the failure of the enterprise. On 29 Jan. in the latter year he removed to the Devastation bomb, Capt. Geo. Martin Guise, and he was afterwards slightly wounded while hotly contending in the boats of that vessel and of a squadron against the Americans up the river St. Mary. Mr. Bulley, who was paid off from the Devastation in July, 1815, next became attached, between Feb. 1816, and June, 1826, chiefly as Master’s Mate, to the Weser troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, 10-gun brigs Tyrian and Beaver, Capt. Wm. Popham, Sybille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, Helicon 10, Capts. Wm. Robt. Dawkins and Thos. Furber, and Halcyon 18, Capt. Jas. Scott, during which period he was effectively employed in destroying the various nests of pirates along the shores of Cuba, the Isle of Pines, and the Gulf of Mexico. Having passed his examination in Feb. 1819, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Ferret 10, Capt. Hen. Gosset, 27 Sept. 1826, but, invaliding in March, 1827, from extreme ill health, remained thenceforward on half-pay until 13 May, 1830, when he received his present appointment in the Coast Guard. For the important extra-official services he has since rendered on different occasions, at the Sturt Bay and Atherfield stations, in getting vessels off the rocks, saving the cargoes of the stranded, and rescuing from destruction the crews of the wrecked, Lieut. Bulley has repeatedly obtained the marked approval of the Comptroller-General, has twice received the silver, and once the gold, medal of the Royal Shipwreck Institution, also the large honorary medal voted by the subscribers at Lloyd’s, and the thanks both of the Admiralty and the National Shipwreck Institution – of the former for his “praiseworthy and gallant conduct,” during the memorable gale of 13 and 14 Jan. 1843, in pushing off in his boats, with Lieut. Wm. Vicary, of the adjoining station, when all other means had failed, and saving the crew of the brig George, of Sunderland, which had been reduced to a perfect wreck, and immediately afterwards went to pieces.
He married, 17 Sept. 1828, Sarah Louisa, daughter of Mr. John Pearce, of Haslar Hospital. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bullock, Frederick

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​BULLOCK. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 31; h-p., 12.)
Frederick Bullock is son of the late Retired Commander Jas. Bullock, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capts. Graham Moore and John Tremayne Rodd, employed in the Channel; removed, in Feb. 1806, to the Fame 74, commanded successively by Capts. Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett and Walter Bathurst, on the Mediterranean station; and, having passed his examination in 1811, was. promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1812. His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 16 April following, to the Papillon sloop, Capt. Jas. Hayes, in the Gulf of Gibraltar – next, to the Fearless gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Harry Lord Richards, in which he was wrecked, 8 Dec. 1812, near Cadiz – 3 Nov. 1813, to the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, on the East India station, whence he invalided, in Oct. 1814 – 10 March, 1823, to the command of the Snap surveying-vessel, on the Newfoundland station, in which he afterwards, in 1824, accompanied Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon from England to the coast of Labrador, when that officer sailed on his voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions – and, 4 Dec. 1827, to the Echo steam-vessel, lying at Woolwich. He obtained his second promotal commission 26 Aug. 1829; became, 30 Oct. following. Supernumerary Commander of the William and Mary yacht, Capts. John Chambers White and Sir Sam. Warren, on the books of which he remained until 1836; and, on 8 June, 1837, was appointed to the Boxer steam-vessel. Although advanced to Post-rank 28 June, 1838, Capt. Bullock continued in the Boxer until transferred, 8 March, 1841, to the Fearless, another steamer. His next appointments appear to have been – 1 Jan. 1843, and 1 July, 1844, to the Tartarus and Porcupine, steam surveying-vessels, in the latter of which he is serving in the river Thames.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bulteel, Thomas Hillersdon

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​BULTEEL. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 8; h-p., 29.)
Thomas Hillersdon Bulteel entered the Navy, in May, 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Armide 38, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, stationed off the coast of France; became Midshipman, in 1812, of the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin Hen. Chamberlayne, in the Mediterranean; returned home, in 1814, in the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and, after an intermediate attachment to the Maeander 38, Capt. John Bastard, cruizing off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, Martin 16, Capt. Andw. Mitchell, on the Irish station, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, employed to the westward of Scilly, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1818. He has not since been afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bullen, Charles (b)

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​BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Charles Bullen is nephew of Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Bullen, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 15 June, 1826; passed his examination 7 Dec. 1832; and was promoted from the Asia 84, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Wm. Fisher, 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 28 May, 1841, and 15 June, 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, and Cambrian 36, Capt. Hen. Ducie Chads, both on the East India station – and, 14 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, with whom he is now employed in the Channel as First-Lieutenant.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bullen, Richard Edward

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​BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Richard Edward Bullen passed his examination in 1828; obtained his commission 26 Feb. 1830; and was afterwards appointed – 31 Dec. 1831, to the Columbine 18, Capt. Hen. Ommanney Love, in the West Indies – 15 July, 1834, to the Hastings 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of Sir Wm. Hall Gage – 30 Sept. 1835, to the Dee steam-vessel, employed in North America and the West Indies – 12 Dec. 1836, as First-Lieutenant, to the Madagascar 46, Capts. Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, similarly stationed – 27 March, 1839, to the Coast Guard – and, 22 Sept. 1841, again as Senior, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean. He was superseded towards the close of 1842; and is at present on half-pay. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Buller, Thomas Wentworth

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​BULLER. (Commander, 1817. f-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Wentworth Buller is second son of the late Jas. Buller, Esq., of Downes and Shillingham, upwards of 20 years M.P. for Exeter, by Anne, daughter of the Right Rev. Wm. Buller, Bishop of Exeter; brother of the present Jas. Wentworth Buller, Esq., of Downes, Deputy Lieutenant for Devonshire, and formerly representative in Parliament for Exeter; nephew of the late Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Bart., G.C.B.; and cousin both of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. Buller, Bart., and of the present Lieut.-General Fred. Buller.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 June, 1806, in a subordinate capacity, on board La Résolue, Lieut. Commander Nicolas, lying at Plymouth, but soon afterwards became Midshipman of the Malta 84, Capt. Edw. Buller, employed off Cadiz. In June, 1807, he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under whom he escorted several thousand troops, commanded by the late Sir John Moore, from Gibraltar to England – thence conveyed to Gottenborg and back the Duke of Angouleme and other members of the French Royal Family – attended the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809 – and, on 18 Nov. following, assisted in capturing L’Etoile privateer, of 14 guns and 48 men. From Jan. 1810, until Oct. 1812, Mr. Buller next served in the Mediterranean, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and again in the Malta, bearing the flag of the same officer. He was then transferred to the Antelope 50, flagship at Portsmouth of Sir John Thos. Duckworth; and, on 8 Dec. in the latter year, he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were – 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed in the North Sea – 16 April, 1814, to the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, in which he sailed for America, where, in Jan. 1815, he joined the Euryalus 36, Capt. Chas. Napier – and, 17 June, 1815, to the Impregnable 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle. Sir J. T. Duckworth, then Port-Admiral at Plymouth. He was advanced to his present rank 19 April, 1817, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Buller married, 24 Oct. 1827, Ann, only daughter of the late Edw. Divett, Esq., of Bystock, co. Devon, by whom he has issue.