Sir John Cullum, 6th Baronet
Sir John Cullum, 6th Baronet (1733–1785) was an English clergyman and antiquary.
Life
The eldest son of Sir John Cullum, 5th Baronet, of Hawsted and Hardwick, Suffolk, by Susanna, daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Gery, he was born at Hawsted 21 June 1733, and baptised in the chapel at Hawsted Place on 19 July. He was educated at King Edward VI's School, Bury St. Edmunds. He went to Catharine Hall, Cambridge, and in January 1756 was fourth junior optime in the Mathematical Tripos; his classics, however, were stronger, and in 1758 he obtained the member's prize for the best dissertation in Latin prose. He was elected Fellow of his college, and was only just defeated in an election for the mastership.
In April 1762 he was presented by his father to the rectory of Hawsted, and in December 1774 he was instituted to the vicarage of Great Thurlow, also Suffolk. In 1774 also, he succeeded his father as sixth baronet.
Cullum was a scholar, antiquary and student of natural science. In March 1774 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and in March 1775 a Fellow of the Royal Society. Cullum died of consumption on 9 October 1785, and was buried at Hawsted.