William Bull II was a landowner, military officer, and politician in the Province of South Carolina

Province of South Carolina

The South Carolina Colony, or Province of South Carolina, was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663. The colony later became the U.S. state of South Carolina....

. A son of Governor William Bull

William Bull (governor)

William Bull was a landowner and politician in the Province of South Carolina. He served on the governor's council and was lieutenant governor and acting governor from 1738 to 1744. In 1733 he assisted James Oglethorpe in the founding of the new Province of Georgia, laying out the town of Savannah...

, he was for many years (1759–1775) lieutenant governor of the province, and served as acting governor on five occasions. A Loyalist

Loyalist (American Revolution)

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, he left the colony in 1782 when British troops were evacuated at the end of the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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, and died in London

London

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