John Crocker Bulteel

John Crocker Bulteel (1793–1843) of Fleet, Holbeton, in South Devon, was a Whig MP for South Devon 1832-4 and was Sheriff of Devon in 1841. He was Master of the Dartmoor Foxhounds and bred the finest pack of hounds in England.
Origins.
He was the son and heir of John II Bulteel (1763–1837) of Flete in the parish of Holbeton and of Lyneham in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon, by his wife Elizabeth Perring (d.1835), whose monument survives in the chancel of All Saints Church, Holbeton, daughter of Thomas Perring (1732–1791), a merchant of Modbury in Devon and of London. Thomas's brother was Peter Perring of Membland, a member of the Council at Madras, who made a fortune in the East India Company, and purchased Membland from John I Bulteel (1733–1801), father of John II. John II Bulteel was Sheriff of Devon in 1807/8. His earliest recorded ancestor in England was Samuel Bulteel (d.1682) of Tavistock in Devon, a Huguenot refugee from France, whose son was James Bulteel (1676–1757) of Tavistock, MP for Tavistock 1703-8 and 1711–15, who married Mary Crocker, daughter and heiress of Courtenay Crocker (d.1740), MP, of Lyneham in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon, the last male of the senior branch of the ancient Crocker family.
James Bulteel inherited the estate of Fleet ("alias" Fleet Damarell), one of the finest estates in Devon, under the will of Richard Hele (d.1709) of Flete, who was no blood relation. James's son was John Bulteel (1733–1801), who in 1757 purchased the estate of Membland, in the parish of Holbeton.
Education and career.
He attended Plympton Grammar School in Devon (where Sir Joshua Reynolds had been educated) and where a fellow-pupil was Jack Russell (1795–1883), later the famous hunting parson. Bulteel and Russell fought on one occasion whilst at school, when Bulteel received a black eye from Russell, but in later life became firm friends sharing a common passion for hunting.
He was MP for South Devon 1832–4 and was Sheriff of Devon in 1841. In about 1835 he remodelled his residence at Fleet House to his own castellated Gothic design.
Hunting.
During his father's life he lived as a young man at the family's secondary seat of Lyneham, while his father resided at Fleet. He was the originator of the Lyneham Pack of foxhounds, afterwards famous under the mastership of Mr. Trelawny. He was later Master of the Dartmoor Foxhounds.
A six-verse poem on the subject of Bulteel, in the style of Sir Walter Scott's "The Young Lochinvar" was published in 1828 in the Sporting Magazine, of which the first verse was as follows:
Oh the young Squire of Fleet is come into the West 
From the packs of the Kingdom his drafts are the best
Save Jack Square and Dick Ellis attendants he's none
He feeds them himself and he hunts them alone
If he keeps to his point and he stands on his feet,
There'll be never a man like the young Squire of Fleet.
Marriage and children.
In 1826 he married Lady Elizabeth Grey (d.1880), 2nd daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845), by whom he had the following children:
Arms.
The arms of Bulteel of Fleet were described in "Magna Britannia" (1822) as: "Arg. a bend between 14 billets, Gules" with crest: "Out of a ducal crown, G., a pair of wings, A., billetty of the first".
According to Thomas Robson the canting arms of Bulteel (of Somerset) are: "Azure, three bull's heads couped argent", with crest: "A bull's head gules between two wings or". The Bull and Bear Lodge at Membland has gate piers showing those heraldic beasts, supposedly a reference to the families of Bulteel and Baring, whose arms feature a bear. These are said to refer to the two principal types of allegorical beasts denoting stock market speculators, the bull and bear.
Further reading.
Allen, Vivien, "The Bulteels: The Story of a Huguenot Family", Phillimore &amp; Co Ltd, Chichester, 2004