Colonel John Edward Newell Bull (1806–1901) of the 78th Highlanders and 99th Regiment was an officer in the British Army and a prominent settler and public servant in the Colony of New South Wales.[1][2]

John Edward Bull
Born11 October 1806
Athlone, Ireland
Died25 May 1901 (aged 94)
Varroville, New South Wales
Allegiance United Kingdom
Australia
ServiceBritish Army
Rank

Origins

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John Edward Bull was born on 11 October 1806 at Athlone, Ireland, the second son of Colonel Robert Bull, CB, KH, who served throughout the Peninsula campaign and commanded the I troop Royal Horse Artillery at the battle of Waterloo.[1][2]

Australia

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Bull came to New South Wales in 1842, and after residing in the colony for ten years in 1852 he went to Victoria, residing there until three years before his death, when he returned to New South Wales and resided with either his grandson or his daughter till the time of his death.[2][3] He died at his daughter's residence,[3] or else the residence of his grandson, Robert Raymond, at Varroville, about 6 mi (9.7 km) from Goulburn, on Saturday 25 May 1901, aged ninety-four.[2] He left a widow aged ninety-three.[2] The remains were interred in the Church of England cemetery at 4 p.m. on 28 May.[2][3]

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  1. ^ a b Grant 1969.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Goulburn Herald, p. 3.
  3. ^ a b c Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3.

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