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BUDGEN—BULFORD—BULKELEY—BULL—BULLEN.
quelling an insurrection at Port Louis, Isle of France; was superseded 18 March, 1816; and has not since been afloat.
BUDGEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.)
Richard Budgen is brother of Lieut. John Budgen, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, and – in addition to the various services of that ship as above alluded to in our notice of Lieut. John Budgen – was present, 25 Sept. following, in company with the Mars and Monarch, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, one of which, the Armide, of 44 guns, struck; to the Centaur. Among the wounded on the occasion, 4 in number, was Sir Sam. Hood, who lost an arm. Three of the Centaur’s people were also killed. Mr. Budgen, who attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Sept. 1809, subsequently removed, in Nov. 1810, to the Hibernia 120, flagship in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. He came home, in July, 1811, in the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton; and, after a short attachment to the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Spithead, joined the Owen Glendower 36, in which he accompanied Sir Sam. Hood to the East Indies. He there successively followed that officer into the Illustrious 74, Clorinde 40, and Minden 74, and, on promotion to his present rank, 2 March, 1815, was placed on half-pay. He afterwards held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 27 Nov. 1822, until the close of 1835; and has since been unemployed. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
BULFORD. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
John Bulford entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Bridport and Sir Chas. Morice Pole. From Nov. 1800, until March, 1804, he next served, under Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, in the Belleisle 74, on the same and Mediterranean sta^ tions, latterly as Second Master. He was then transferred to the Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, in which ship he assisted, 2 May, 1806, at the capture of a Spanish schooner, El Virgin del Carmen, bound to La Guira with despatches. In Jan. 1807, he rejoined the Royal George, then flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was present at the ensuing passage of the Dardanells and destruction of the Turkish shipping; and, after a re-attachment to the Belleisle, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was appointed, 22 Oct. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Intrepid 64, Capt. Christ. John Williams Nesham. In Feb. 1809, Mr. Bulford, who had been officially promoted on 27 of the previous month, took part in the reduction of Martinique. He was subsequently appointed – 15 Dec. 1809, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, lying at Plymouth – 17 March, 1810, to the Orestes 16, Capt. John Richards Larpenotiere, part of the force in the Channel, whence he invalided 19 Aug. 1811 – 3 Feb. and 5 Aug. 1812, to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and Macedonian, of 48 guns and 254 men, Capt. John Surman Garden, both on the Home station – and, 8 Sept. 1813, to the Astrea 36, Capts. John Eveleigh and Edw. Kittoe,in which ship we find him at first employed off the coast of Africa, and afterwards again in the Channel. While in the Orestes Lieut. Bulford aided at the capture, 27 Oct. 1810, of the Loup Garou French privateer, of 16 guns and 100 men, after a close and gallant action of 30 minutes. He was slightly wounded in the Macedonian when taken, after an heroic resistance of two hours and ten minutes, and a loss of 36 killed and 68 wounded, by the United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom were killed and 70 wounded, 25 Oct. 1812;[1] and on 23 Jan. 1814, Capt. Eveleigh having fallen in an early part of the engagement, he commanded the Asteea during the greater part of a yard-arm-and-yard-arm conflict she sustained, for upwards of an hour, with the French 40-gun frigate Etoile, and which ultimately terminated in a drawn battle, wherein the British lost 9 killed and 37 wounded, and the enemy 20 killed and 30 wounded. He was paid off 28 Aug. 1815, and has since been unemployed.
BULKELEY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 8; h-p., 33.)
James Bulkeley entered the Navy, in March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, stationed off Rochefort, and, in the course of 1809, assisted, as Midshipman, at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida, and at the defence of Sicily, where he was frequently in hostile collision with the enemy. For some months, in 1810, we next find him, in the San Josef and Hibernia first-rates, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, actively employed during the siege of Cadiz, particularly at the defence of Fort Matagorda. He then joined the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir F. Laforey, of which he was made a Lieutenant 14 April, 1812. He subsequently took part in the various operations in the Chesapeake and on the coast of America; was transferred, 6 June, 1813, to the Barbadoes 16, Capt. John Fleming; and, on 7 Sept. following, was placed on half-pay. He has not since been afloat.
BULL. (Lieutenant, 1825. f-p., 15; h-p., 19.)
Henry Bull entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rodney 74, Capt. Chas. Inglis, stationed off Lisbon; and, after a short attachment to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, and, as Midshipman, to the Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew Smith, proceeded to the West Indies, in 1814, as Master’s Mate of the Bermuda 10, Capt. John Pakenham. Between the latter year and 1818 we next find him serving, successively, in the Lady Hamilton transport, Rochefort 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, lying at Portsmouth, and Andromache 38, Slaney 20, and Owen Glendower 36, Capts. Wm. Henry Skerritt, Donat Henchy O’Brien, and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, on the South American station. He then joined the Revenge 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry Neale; passed his examination in 1820; and was afterwards for some time employed in the Racer cutter, tender to the last-mentioned ship; from which he was promoted to his present rank 12 June, 1825. He subsequently served for a brief period in the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton; was appointed, 1 1 Sept. 1827, to the Britannia 120, Capt. Edw. Hawker, at Plymouth; and, in 1829, was superseded at his own request. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Woodhead.
BULL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
James Bull entered the Navy 20 Sept. 1829; passed his examination 2 March, 1836; afterwards served, in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the Confiance steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stopford, and, for nearly three years, of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn; and, on the latter ship being paid off, was promoted to the rank he now holds, 12 Aug. 1843. He has been employed, since 28 Oct. in the latter year, in the Sealark 10, Capt. Thos. Lewis Gooch, on the coast of Africa. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
BULLEN, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1846. f-p., 34; h-p., 34.)
Sir Charles Bullen, born 10 Sept. 1769, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is son of the late John Bullen, Esq., Surgeon-General on the coast of North America from 1779 to 1781, by Ruth, daughter of Chas. Liddell, Esq., of the above place, and cousin of the late Lord High Chancellor Eldon. He is uncle of Lieut. Chas. Bullen, R.N.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 2595.
