Georg Jacob Bull

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Georg Jacob Bull

Georg Jacob Bull (1 August 1785 – 12 December 1854) was a Norwegian jurist and politician born in Christiania, today Oslo.

He was a stipendiary magistrate (

County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs amt (today named Vestfold), serving from 1821 to 1829.[2] Seated in Laurvik, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the year 1824, representing the constituency of Laurvik og Sandefjord.[1]

In 1829 he went on to serve as

County Governor of Søndre Bergenhus amt (today named Hordaland). He left in 1834.[2] From 1834 to 1836 he served as state secretary.[3][4] He was then the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
from 1836 to his death in 1854.

Georg Jacob Bull was the father of later government minister

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull. His wife, and Anders' mother, was Barbara Albertine Ørsted, sister of Hans Christian Ørsted and Anders Sandøe Ørsted
.

References

  1. ^ a b Georg Jacob Bull born 1785 - Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Archived November 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Norwegian Counties — World Statesmen.org
  3. state secretary
    title.
  4. ^ Secretary to the Council of State since 1814


Government offices
New office
Governed directly by Herman Wedel Jarlsberg,
the Count of Jarlsberg
County Governor of Jarlsberg og Laurvig amt

1821–1829
Succeeded by
Preceded by
County Governor of Søndre Bergenhus amt

1829–1831
Succeeded by
Preceded by
County Governor of Bergenhus stiftamt

1829–1834
Succeeded by
Vacant State Secretary
1834–1836
Vacant
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway Succeeded by