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Buller died in office in London in November 1848, aged 42. He never married. He was considered a very talented man, witty, popular and generous, and is described by Carlyle as "the genialest radical I have ever met". Among his intimate friends were
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Leonard Courtney's speech on that occasion of the unveiling of the Liskeard bust was reported in full in
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says, a memory cherished for his delightful social qualities and a vast credit for undeveloped powers.
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was largely drafted by Buller, and it almost certainly bears traces of his influence. He also wrote
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Before this date, however, Buller had succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for
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An appreciation of Charles Buller's life and achievements appeared as an editorial in
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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and the consequent disenfranchisement of this borough, he was returned to
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The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain And Ireland
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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as private secretary, and served in the second session of the
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family, and Barbara Isabella Kirkpatrick, daughter of General
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for West Looe
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Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liskeard
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and his schemes for colonising South Australia, Canada and
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during 1841. After practising as a barrister, he was made
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Life and Letters of the 1st Earl of Durham, 1792-1840
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Charles Buller (disambiguation)
The Right Honourable

Kensal Green Cemetery
Judge Advocate General
Victoria
Lord John Russell
Hon. James Stuart-Wortley
William Goodenough Hayter
President of the Poor Law Board
Matthew Talbot Baines
Calcutta
Whig
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Calcutta
British India
Cornish
William Kirkpatrick
Arthur William Buller
Harrow
Edinburgh
Thomas Carlyle
Trinity College, Cambridge
Lincoln's Inn
barrister
West Looe
Reform Bill of 1832
Parliament
Liskeard

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