Sir Arthur William Buller (5 September 1808 – 30 April 1869) was a British Liberal PartyMember of Parliament, who in his early career served as head of a commission of inquiry into education reform in Lower Canada.
From 22 August – 2 November 1838, he served as a member of the Special Council that administered Lower Canada following the Lower Canada Rebellion. Buller also prepared a report that made recommendations on further directions for education in the province. Although many of his suggestions were implemented, two key elements of the report, encouraging the use of English over the French language and an emphasis on generic Christian rather than Roman Catholic religious education, were met with strong opposition.
arthur, william, buller, september, 1808, april, 1869, british, liberal, party, member, parliament, early, career, served, head, commission, inquiry, into, education, reform, lower, canada, sirqueen, advocate, ceylonin, office, october, 1840, 1848preceded, byj. Sir Arthur William Buller 5 September 1808 30 April 1869 was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament who in his early career served as head of a commission of inquiry into education reform in Lower Canada SirArthur William BullerQueen s Advocate of CeylonIn office 17 October 1840 1848Preceded byJohn StarkSucceeded byHenry Collingwood SelbyPersonal detailsBorn 1808 09 05 5 September 1808Calcutta British IndiaDied30 May 1869 1869 05 30 aged 60 Hanover Square Westminster EnglandPolitical partyLiberal PartySpouseAnnie Henrietta Templer m 1842 wbr Alma materTrinity College Cambridge MA 1834 Funerary monument Kensal Green Cemetery London Contents 1 Background and education 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksBackground and education editBuller was born in Calcutta into a prominent Cornish family the son of Charles Buller 1774 1848 MP for West Looe and Barbara Isabella Kirkpatrick daughter of General William Kirkpatrick His elder brother was MP Charles Buller He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College Cambridge taking his MA in 1834 the same year he was called to the bar at Lincoln s Inn 1 2 Career editFrom 22 August 2 November 1838 he served as a member of the Special Council that administered Lower Canada following the Lower Canada Rebellion Buller also prepared a report that made recommendations on further directions for education in the province Although many of his suggestions were implemented two key elements of the report encouraging the use of English over the French language and an emphasis on generic Christian rather than Roman Catholic religious education were met with strong opposition After he left North America Buller was crown attorney in Ceylon from 1840 to 1848 3 He was afterwards a judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta in India from 1848 to 1858 He was Member of Parliament for Devonport from 1859 to 1865 and for Liskeard from 1865 until his death in 1869 References edit Dod Charles Roger Phipps 1863 The Peerage Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain And Ireland p 144 Retrieved 21 June 2018 Cooper Thompson 1869 Sir A W Buller The Register and Magazine of Biography 466 The Colonial Magazine and Commercial maritime Journal Volume 3 p 383 Arthur William Buller Dictionary of Canadian Biography online ed University of Toronto Press 1979 2016 External links edit nbsp Cornwall portal Biography Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Quebec de 1792 a nos jours in French National Assembly of Quebec Hansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Arthur William Buller Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded bySir Michael SeymourJames Wilson Member of Parliament for Devonport1859 1865 With Sir Michael Seymour to 1859William Ferrand from 1859 Succeeded byWilliam FerrandThomas Brassey Preceded byRalph Bernal Osborne Member of Parliament for Liskeard1865 1869 Succeeded byEdward Horsman Legal offices Preceded byJohn Stark Queen s Advocate of Ceylon1840 1848 Succeeded byHenry Collingwood Selby nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur William Buller amp oldid 1171804150, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
