A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bullen, Richard Edward
BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
Richard Edward Bullen passed his examination in 1828; obtained his commission 26 Feb. 1830; and was afterwards appointed – 31 Dec. 1831, to the Columbine 18, Capt. Hen. Ommanney Love, in the West Indies – 15 July, 1834, to the Hastings 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of Sir Wm. Hall Gage – 30 Sept. 1835, to the Dee steam-vessel, employed in North America and the West Indies – 12 Dec. 1836, as First-Lieutenant, to the Madagascar 46, Capts. Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, similarly stationed – 27 March, 1839, to the Coast Guard – and, 22 Sept. 1841, again as Senior, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean. He was superseded towards the close of 1842; and is at present on half-pay. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.