Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd Baronet

"Stephen Bull" redirects here. For other uses, see Stephen Bull (disambiguation).

Sir Stephen John Bull, 2nd Baronet (11 October 1904 – 9 March 1942) was an English lawyer and baronet.

Early life

Bull was the son of the Right Hon. Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet MP, of Chelsea, London,^[1] a Conservative politician, as well as the brother of Anthony and Peter Bull.

He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and New College, Oxford. He succeeded to his father's title in 1931.^[2]

Career

Bull was admitted a solicitor in 1928, and in 1934 had offices at 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn.^[3]

He was honorary solicitor to the Royal Life Saving Society, the Royal Society of St George, and the League of Mercy, Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Mercers of the City of London, Governor of the Upper Latymer Foundation School, Vice-Chairman of South Hammersmith Conservative Association and a member of the Board of Management of the West London Hospital.^[2]

War Service

During the Second World War, Bull served with the Royal Air Force in the Far East. He was commissioned as a Pilot officer on 11 October 1940^[4] and was killed at the Fall of Java in March 1942, during the Japanese offensives in the Dutch East Indies.^[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd Baronet

Crest A bull’s head caboshed Sable charged on the forehead with the sign of Taurus as in the arms. Escutcheon Sable three astronomical signs of Taurus Or. Motto Hitherto [5]

References

1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Bull, Sir Stephen John
2. Bull, Sir Stephen John in Who Was Who 1897-2006
3. London Gazette Issue 34054, 29 May 1934 p. 3451, Re Amelia Elizabeth McDavitt
4. London Gazette Issue 34996, 19 November 1940, p. 6639
5. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage ed. Charles Mosley (107th edition, 3 volumes, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 581
• Bull, Sir Stephen John in Who Was Who 1897-2006, Retrieved 16 August 2007

External links

• The Fall of Java Island, March 1942

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Bull	Bull baronets (of Hammersmith) 1931–1942	Succeeded by George Bull