Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet (23 September 1801 – 28 August 1875) was an English
Whig and
Liberal Party politician who sat in the
House of Commons variously between 1831 and 1868.
Bulkeley-Williams was born as Williams to
Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet and his wife Anne Lewis. In 1827 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Bulkeley on succeeding to the estates of
Thomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley
Thomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, later Warren-Bulkeley, (12 December 1752 – 3 June 1822) was a Welsh aristocrat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.
Life
Thomas Ja ...
. He owned the
Caerau mansion at
Cylch-y-Garn.
At the
1831 general election {{Short description, None
The following elections occurred in the year 1831.
North America
United States
* United States Senate election in New York, 1831
South America
* 1831 Chilean presidential election
Europe
* 1831 French legislative electi ...
Williams-Bulkeley was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for
Beaumaris. In the reformed parliament he was elected at the
1832 general election as MP for
Anglesey, and held the seat until 1837. He was elected as MP for
Flint Boroughs in 1841 and held the seat until 1847. He then stood again and was elected at Anglesey and held the seat until 1868. He served as
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire from 7 March 1851 to 14 September 1866.
Williams-Bulkeley died at the age of 74.
Williams Bulkeley married Maria Frances Massey-Standley, daughter of Thomas Stanley Massey-Standley, on 30 August 1832. He was succeeded in the
Baronetcy by his son Richard.
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1801 births
1875 deaths
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1835–1837
UK MPs 1841–1847
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Lord-Lieutenants of Caernarvonshire
High Sheriffs of Anglesey
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Beaumaris
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