Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd Baronet

Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd Baronet

Sir Stephen John Bull, 2nd Baronet (born 11 October 1904, killed on active service in Java, East Indies, 9 March 1942) was an English baronet.

Background and early life

The son of the Right Hon. Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet MP, a Conservative politician, and the brother of Anthony Bull, he was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and New College Oxford. He succeeded to his father's title in 1931.

Career

*Admitted solicitor, 1928
*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
*Member of the Board of Management of the West London Hospital
*Vice-Chairman of South Hammersmith Conservative Association

War Service

During the Second World War, Bull served with the Royal Air Force in the Far East and was killed at the Fall of Java in March 1942, during the Japanese offensives in the Dutch East Indies. [ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2170519 CWGC entry] ]

References

*"Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage" ed. Charles Mosley (107th edition, 3 volumes, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 581
* [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6134351 "Bull, Sir Stephen John"] in "Who Was Who 1897-2006", retrieved August 16, 2007
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18810.htm Sir Stephen Bull at thepeerage.com]

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/java_gallery.html The Fall of Java Island, March 1942]


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