Sunday, 22 December 2013
359 Arthur Buller
Constituency : Devonport 1859-65, Liskeard 1865-9
Arthur came in at Devonport replacing James Wilson when he went to India.
Arthur was a West Country landlord and MP's son born in Calcutta and educated at Cambridge. He had had a long career as a lawyer before entering Parliament. In 1838 he was on the Special Council administering Lower Canada and produced a report on education with the controversial suggestions that English take precedence over French and religious instruction be less Catholic blocked by opponents. He moved on to Crown Attorney for Ceylon from 1840 to 1848 and judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta from 1848 to 1858.
Arthur supported the secret ballot and colonial self-government.
Arthur switched seats to Liskeard necessitating two by-elections in 1865 just before the general election.
He died in 1869 aged 60.
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