Sir Stephen John Bull, 2nd Baronet (11 October 19049 March 1942) was an

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and

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Early life

Bull was the son of the Right Hon. Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet MP, of Chelsea,

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, a

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politician, as well as the brother of

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and

Peter Bull Peter Cecil Bull, (21 March 1912 – 20 May 1984) was a British actor who appeared on the stage and in supporting roles in such films as '' The African Queen'', '' Tom Jones'' and '' Dr. Strangelove''. Peter Bull wrote twelve books. Biograph ...

. He was educated at

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, Holt and

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. He succeeded to his father's title in 1931.

Career

Bull was admitted a solicitor in 1928, and in 1934 had offices at 3, Stone Buildings,

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. He was honorary solicitor to the

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, the

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, and the

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of the

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of the

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, 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.''Bull, Sir Stephen John'' in ''Who Was Who 1897-2006''

War Service

During the

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, Bull served with the

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in the Far East. He was commissioned as a

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on 11 October 1940''London Gazette'' Issue 34996, 19 November 1940, p. 6639
/ref> and was killed at the Fall of Java in March 1942, during the Japanese offensives in the

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.Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Bull, Sir Stephen John
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Arms

References

*''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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bull, Stephen John 1904 births 1942 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II Royal Air Force officers People educated at Gresham's School Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II English solicitors 20th-century English lawyers