Cornelius Buller | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 March 1772 |
| Died | 11 April 1849 (aged 77) |
| Occupations | banker, Governor of the Bank of England from 1824–26 |
| Spouse |
Mary Down (m. 1801) |
| Children | 10 |
Cornelius Buller (22 March 1772 – 11 April 1849) was an English banker who served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1824 to 1826.
Life
[edit]He was the eldest son of Richard Buller of Devonshire Place, London,[1] who died in 1824 at age 91.[2]
Buller had been Deputy Governor from 1822 to 1824. He replaced John Bowden as Governor and was succeeded by John Baker Richards.[3]
Buller's tenure as Governor occurred during the Panic of 1825. In the early days of December 1825, he recused himself from efforts to save the bank Pole, Thornton & Down, leaving the issue to his deputy Richards because of his family connections to the bank.[4]
In 1831, Buller was head of R. Buller & Co. of Lothbury when it failed.[5] In the aftermath he sold his Bank of England stock, making him ineligible to continue as a director of the Bank.[6]
Buller died in Kensington in 1849.[7]
Family
[edit]Buller, then a merchant of Crosby Square, married Mary Down, daughter of Richard Down, on 4 May 1801. The couple had seven sons and three daughters.[8][9]
Buller was from a prominent Cornish family that included Sir Richard Buller, General Sir George Buller, General Sir Redvers Buller and the Barons Churston.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Married". Morning Post. 7 May 1801. p. 3.
- ^ "Died". Sun (London). 10 January 1824. p. 4.
- ^ Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Pole, Sir Peter, 2nd bt. (1770-1850), of Wolverton, Hants". historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "The Funds—Stock Exchange, Saturday". The News (London). 28 March 1831. p. 4.
- ^ "Mercantile Failure". Preston Chronicle. 2 April 1831. p. 2.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ "Marriages". Star (London). 6 May 1801. p. 4.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1907). The peerage, baronetage, knightage & companionage of the British Empire. London: Kelly's Directories. p. 458.
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