Joseph Bullen

Admiral Joseph Bullen (14 April 1761 – 17 July 1857) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Biography Bullen was the second son of the Reverend John Bullen, Rector of Kennett, Cambridge, and of Rushmoor-cum-Newburn, Suffolk, and entered the Navy in November 1774 as a midshipman, on board the 36-gun frigate , commanded by Captain The Honourable William Cornwallis. He followed Cornwallis into the 50-gun ship , and was present at the Battle of Red Bank and siege of Fort Mifflin, in October and November 1777. Under Cornwallis he then served in the 50-gun ships , and , and 64-gun ship , in which he took part in the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779. Bullen was promoted to lieutenant on 6 March 1778, and shortly afterwards joined the 28-gun , commanded by Captain Horatio Nelson, and was present during the attack on Fort St. Juan during the San Juan Expedition of 1780. He then returned to Lion, under Cornwallis, and was lent to the 90-gun ship , Captain John Williams, and participated as officer in charge of half the middle gun-deck in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.

His subsequent appointments were to the on 2 May 1785, and then the on 6 July 1786, both 74's stationed as guardships at Plymouth, commanded by Captain Anthony Molloy. On 16 June 1790, he moved to the , under Captain Peter Rainier, fitting out at Spithead for the East Indies. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 12 August 1819, to vice-admiral on 12 November 1840, and to admiral on 23 November 1841.

Admiral Bullen died at Bath, Somerset on 17 July 1857.

Personal life In 1801 he married Margaret Ann, only daughter of W. Seafe of Durham, barrister-at-law.