Henry Bulkeley (–1698) was an English courtier and politician. Bulkeley was the fifth son of

Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley (1585–1659) was a landowner from North Wales who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. The son of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris and his first wife Mary Burgh, daughter of William, ...

and Blanche Coytmore. He was educated at

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and admitted at

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in 1654. He was

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of Kings Charles II and

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from February 1679 to August 1679 for the

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and from 1679 until 1689 for

Beaumaris Beaumaris ( ; cy, Biwmares ) is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, of which it is the former county town of Anglesey. It is located at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from ...

. * François de Bulkeley,

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; husband of Marie-Anne O'Mahony, daughter of Daniel O'Mahony and Cecilia Weld. * Charlotte; first wife of

Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare (1673–1706) was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare and Philadelphia Lennard. He married Charlotte Bulkeley, daughter of Henry Bulkeley and Sophia Stuart, on 9 January 1696, at Saint-Germain-en-Lay ...

, and later of Daniel O'Mahony. * Anne (d. 12 June 1751); married

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1st Duke of Fitz-James (21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734) was an Anglo-French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister o ...

, illegitimate son of James II.

References

*''Rochester, Dryden, and the Rose-Street Affair''; J. Harold Wilson; ''The Review of English Studies'', Vol. 15, No. 59 (Jul., 1939), pp. 294–301 *''Godolphin- his life and times''; Sir Tresham Lever; J. Murray 1952. *''The Irish chieftains; or, A struggle for the crown''; C.J. Blake Forester; 1872. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulkeley, Henry 1640s births 1698 deaths Masters of the Household Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of Gray's Inn Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Younger sons of viscounts English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 English MPs 1685–1687 Members of the Parliament of England for Beaumaris Bulkeley family