Harry Bullard

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Sir Harry Bullard {{post-nominals|country=GBR|JP|DL}} (3 March 1841{{cite book |last1=Mair |first1=Robert Henry |title=Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench |date=1896 |publisher=Dean & son |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA22 |accessdate=29 March 2019 |language=en}} – 26 December 1903) was an English brewer and Conservative politician.

Bullard was born at Norwich, the son of Richard Bullard, who had founded the brewery company of Bullard & Watts in 1837. When Richard Bullard died in 1864, his three sons, Harry, Charley and Fred ran the brewery, erecting the new building in 1864 which still remains as a shell. In March 1895 the brewery was incorporated as a limited company.

In 1877, Harry Bullard was made Sheriff, and he was Mayor of Norwich in 1878,[http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Features/DerekJames/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=DerekJames&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=DerekJames&itemid=NOED28%20Aug%202008%2009%3A05%3A44%3A370 Norwich Evening News Derek James "When Floodwaters swallowed up the City"] 1879 and 1886. At the 1885 general election Bullard was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for Norwich, but he was unseated on petition.{{London Gazette |issue= 25576 |date= 9 April 1886 |page=1727}}

He was knighted in 1887.{{cite book|last=Hesilridge |first=Arthur G. M. |title=Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1922|url=https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1901londuoft#page/n65/mode/1up |year=1901 |publisher=Dean & Son |location=London |page=20}} At the 1895 general election he stood successfully at Norwich,{{London Gazette |issue= 26651 |date= 9 August 1895 |page=4483

}} and held the seat until his death in 1903. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk in 1887,{{London Gazette |issue= 25730 |date= 16 August 1887 |page=4454}}

and also served as a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the county. He lived at Hellesdon House.