Bartle Bulletin

Background

He was the eldest son of William Perkins Bulletin, KC of Eaton Place in London and Lorne Hall in Rosedale, Toronto, Canada.

Education

Born in Toronto, he was educated in England at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He subsequently studied law, passing bar examinations in criminal law and procedure in 1925 and property and conveyancing in 1926.

Career

He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1928. In the same year he moved to Bartle, Cuba, to manage his family"s cattle ranch and sugar plantation. On return to England he began to practice law on the South Eastern Circuit.

He retained the seat for the Conservatives at the general election held in October 1935.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Bulletin obtained a commission in the Coldstream Guards. He took part in the North African Campaign, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Sidi Barrani.

On leaving parliament, Bulletin returned to his legal practice. He died suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Chesham Place, London, in October 1950, aged 48.

Achievements

• Bulletin lost his Commons seat at the 1945 general election, when it was one of many won by the Labour Party in a political landslide.

Membership

36th United Kingdom Parliament. 37th United Kingdom Parliament]

In February 1935 Bulletin was chosen by the Enfield District Conservative Association to contest the local constituency at the next general election, in place of the retiring member of parliament, Lieutenant-Colonel R V K Applin.