Henry Bulstrode (28 December 1578 – August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1614 and 1625. Bulstrode was the eldest son of Edward Bulstrode of

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and matriculated at

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on 15 December 1592, aged 13. In 1595, he was a student of the

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. In 1614, he was elected

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(MP) for

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and, in 1625, elected MP for Buckinghamshire.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bruges-Bythner', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 201-227
Accessed 8 May 2012. He was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire from 1618 until his death and appointed

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for 1631–32. During the

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he was briefly Governor of Aylesbury and Henley for the Parliamentary forces, in which he was a Colonel of a foot regiment. Bulstrode died in August 1643, aged 64, and was buried in the family vault at Upton.

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* 1578 births 1632 deaths Alumni of University College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1614 English MPs 1625 Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War {{English-bio-stub