| Authorised form of name | Buller; Sir; Walter Lawry (1838 - 1906); ornithologist |
| Dates | 1838 - 1906 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Newark, Bay of Islands, New Zealand |
| Date of birth | 09 October 1838 |
| Place of death | Pontdail Lodge, Fleet, Hampshire |
| Date of death | 19/07/1906 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Fleet, Hampshire |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Research field | Ornithology |
| Activity | Education:
Wesley High School, New Zealand. ScD (Tubingen)
Career:
Learnt to speak Maori; Government interpreter, Wellington (1855); Resident Magistrate of the Wanganui District, New Zealand (1862); Judge of the native land court (1865); went to England (1871); called to the Bar, Inner Temple (1874); returned to New Zealand; practised at the Supreme Court (to 1886); returned to England (1886)
Honours:
CMG 1875; KCMG 1886
Memberships:
FLS; FGS; FRGS; CMZS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1879 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev James Buller of Helston, Cornwall, Welsleyan Missionary; married (1862) Charlotte, daughter of Gilbert Mair of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281
Notes:
Warren De La Rue has signed election certificate twice |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/47544939 |
| Code | NA772 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1879/12 | Buller, Sir Walter Lawry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/2/638 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 October 1888 |
| NLB/2/669 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Lowry Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 October 1888 |
| NLB/2/947 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 January 1889 |
| NLB/3/846 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Lawry Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 October 1889 |
| NLB/3/957 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, [Royal Society] | 23 November 1889 |
| NLB/3/1070 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, [Royal Society] | 3 January 1890 |
| NLB/13/539 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons, St Martin's Lane | 5 October 1896 |
| NLB/14/358 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 23 February 1897 |
| NLB/20/517 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 11 May 1900 |
| NLB/2/782 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Walter Buller, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 November 1888 |
| MC/11/414 | Letter from W L [Walter Lawry] Buller, Hunter Street, Wellington, New Zealand, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 30 August 1879 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/21/86 | Postcard [Walter Lawry] Buller, Ealing, to Robert [William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 19 February 1906 |