# Henry Bull (MP)

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For other people named Henry Bull, see [Henry Bull (disambiguation)](/source/Henry_Bull_(disambiguation)).

**Henry Bull** (1630 – 28 January 1692) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) at various times between 1660 and 1692.

Bull was the eldest surviving son of William Bull, barrister of [Shapwick, Somerset](/source/Shapwick,_Somerset) and his wife Jane Southworth, daughter of Henry Southworth, merchant of London and Wells. He was baptised on 8 October 1630. He was admitted at [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple) in 1651 and called to the bar in 1658. In April 1660, Bull was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Wells](/source/Wells_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [Convention Parliament](/source/Convention_Parliament_(1660)). He succeeded his father in 1676 and was appointed [High Sheriff of Somerset](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Somerset) for 1683–84.

He was elected MP for [Milborne Port](/source/Milborne_Port_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) for the [Second Exclusion Parliament](/source/Second_Exclusion_Parliament) in 1679 and again in 1681 and 1685. In 1689 he was elected MP for [Bridgwater](/source/Bridgwater_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and was re-elected for the seat in 1690.[1]

Bull died suddenly at the age of about 61 and was buried at Shapwick.[1]

Bull married Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Robert Hunt of Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset on 14 April 1658 and had three sons and two daughters.[1]

## References

1. [History of Parliament Online - Bull, Henry](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/bull-henry-1630-92)

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