Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet

Bull was the son of Henry Bull, a solicitor, and his wife Cecilia Ann Howard, daughter of James Peter Howard. He was returned to Parliament for Hammersmith in 1900, a seat he held until 1918, and then sat for Hammersmith South until 1929.

Having been knighted in 1905,[1] he was admitted to the Privy Council in 1918[2] and created a baronet, of Hammersmith in the County of London, in 1922.[3] He also sat on the committees that oversaw the repairs to the Palace of Westminster and for the creation of what would eventually become the Channel Tunnel.

Bull married Lilian Hester Brandon, daughter of Gabriel Samuel Brandon, on 5 January 1904. They had four sons. He died in January 1931, aged 67, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Stephen. His third son, Anthony Bull, was Chairman of London Transport from 1965 to 1971. His youngest son, Peter Bull, became a well-known character actor. Lady Bull died on 3 September 1963.

He is buried in Margravine Cemetery, Hammersmith.

He compiled A History of the Broadway Congregational Church, Hammersmith, which was published in 1923.

Coat of arms of Sir William Bull, 1st 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 [4]

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• www.thepeerage.com
• Rt. Hon. Sir William Bull, Bart., M.P.: A History of the Broadway Congregational Church, Hammersmith (London, J.M. Ouseley and Son, Ltd. 1923)

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Bull