John Buller

John Yarde Buller (23 December 1823 – 6 May 1867) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Early life Yarde-Buller was born in December 1823 at Elvaston, Derbyshire. He was the son of politician John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston and Elizabeth Wilson Patten. After the death of his mother in 1857, his father married Caroline Newman, a daughter of Sir Robert Newman, 1st Baronet of Mamhead House in 1861. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Wilson-Patten of Bank Hall in Lancashire, and his maternal uncle was John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh.

He was educated at Eton College, before going up to University College, Oxford in 1841. He graduated B.A. in 1844, and M.A. in 1847.

Career Buller made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1850. Batting twice in the match, he ended the Oxford first-innings of 97 all out unbeaten on 3, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by Samuel Dakin.

He later served in the South Devon Militia,

Personal life In January 1845, Buller married Charlotte Chandos-Pole (1830–1895), a daughter of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole of Radbourne Hall, Derby, and Anna Maria Wilmot. She had two brothers, Henry, took the arms and surname Gell when he succeeded to the estate at Hopton Hall, and Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, who married Lady Anna Caroline Stanhope (a daughter of the 5th Earl of Harrington). Her sister, Eleanor, married Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot (a son of Rt. Rev. Hon. Richard Bagot). Together, they were the parents of:

John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (1846–1910), who married Hon. Barbara Yelverton, daughter of Adm. Sir Hastings Yelverton and Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, in 1872.