Fuller was the eldest son of Rev. Robert Fitzherbert Fuller, rector of
Chalvington,
Sussex. He joined the
Royal Engineers in 1846 and served in the
Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849), including at the
siege and surrender of Multan, during which he was severely wounded by an explosion in the town. He served as political agent in
Kolhapur State for some time, and was then attached to the Public Works Department in
Bombay Presidency from 1850 to 1882. He was promoted to
general on 1 June 1883, and retired on a pension later that year. He died at his residence in London on 6 October 1902 and was buried in
Brookwood Cemetery. ==References==