A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bull, Henry
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 Hawker, at Plymouth; and, in 1829, was superseded at his own request.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.