Robert Bull

Robert Alexander Bull

CB, KH
Robert Alexander Bull; CB, KH
Born	3 March 1778.; Stafford, Staffordshire
Died	17 April 1835 (aged 56); Bath, Somerset
Allegiance	Great Britain; United Kingdom
Service	British Army
Years of service	1794–1834
Rank	Lieutenant colonel;
Commands held	I Troop (Bull's) RHA
Battles	Peninsular War Battle of Casal Novo; Battle of Foz de Arouce; Battle of Sabugal; Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro; ; Waterloo campaign Battle of Waterloo; ;

Lieutenant colonel Robert Alexander Bull, CB, KH (1778–1835), of the Royal Horse Artillery, was an officer in the British Army who fought in many battles of the Napoleonic Wars.[1]

Life

Robert Alexander Bull was born at Stafford, Staffordshire, on 3 March 1778.[2] He entered the Royal Artillery in 1794, and saw service in the West Indies in 1796–1798.[2] He commanded I Troop (Bull's) Royal Horse Artillery in the Peninsular.[2] At Waterloo "his troop effected the greatest possible service throughout the early part of the battle; but owing to the loss sustained both in men and horses, together with the disabled condition of the guns (through incessant firing) it was obliged to retire before the close."[3] He was brevetted lieutenant colonel for Waterloo.[2]

He retired on full pay in 1834.[2] In retirement, he lived in Queen Square, Bath.[4] He died at Bath on 17 April 1835, aged 56, and was buried in Queen Square Chapel on 23 April.[4]

His son, John Edward Bull (1806–1901) followed his father into the land service and later became a prominent settler in the Colony of New South Wales.[5]

References

Bromley 1812, p. 1820.
Dalton 1904, p. 212.
qtd. in Dalton 1904, p. 212.
Bath Record Office.
Grant 1969.

Sources

Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2012). Wellington's Men Remembered. Vol. 1: A–L. Great Britain: The Praetorian Press. p. 1820.
Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo Roll Call, with Biographical Notes and Anecdotes. 2nd ed. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 212.
Grant, Donald (1969). "Bull, John Edward (1806–1901)". Australian Dictionary of Biography (online ed.). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Accessed 10 May 2023.
"Robert Alexander Bull". Bath Record Office. 2021. Accessed 10 May 2023.

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[1] Bromley 1812, p. 1820.

[:0-2] Dalton 1904, p. 212.

[3] qtd. in Dalton 1904, p. 212.

[:1-4] Bath Record Office.

[5] Grant 1969.