Royal Horse Artillery officer (1778–1835)
Lieutenant colonel Robert Alexander Bull, CB, KH (3 March 1778 – 17 April 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 57, 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.
- ^ a b c d e Dalton 1904, p. 212.
- ^ qtd. in Dalton 1904, p. 212.
- ^ a b Bath Record Office.
- ^ Grant 1969.
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