Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley (1585–1659) was a landowner from

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who supported the Royalist cause during the

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. The son of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris and his first wife Mary Burgh, daughter of William, 2nd

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, Thomas Bulkeley was a colonel in the Royalist army and was created

Viscount Bulkeley Viscount Bulkeley, of Cashel in the County of Tipperary, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 19 January 1644 for Thomas Bulkeley, the son of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris and a supporter of King Charles I of England. The ...

of Cashel in the Irish peerage in 1644. A staunch supporter of King

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, he is said to have invited the king to take up residence at his home, Baron Hill in

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, Anglesey. He married twice, firstly to Blanche, the daughter of Richard Coytmore of Coytmore, Caernarvonshire and they had five sons and four daughters, including: * Richard, who was murdered by Richard Cheadle * Robert, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley (–1688), politician and Member of Parliament *

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(–1708), politician and Member of Parliament *

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(–1698),

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of Charles II and James II, Member of Parliament * Penelope Bulkeley, who married Sir Griffith Williams (d.), 5th Baronet, of Faenol (Vaynol), Caernarvonshire, whose son was

Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet (– 23 December 1696) of Faenol (Vaynol) was a Welsh politician and landowner elected as MP for Caernarvonshire from 1689 until his death. Career Williams was born in around 1663, the son of Sir Griffith ...

(–96) His second marriage was to the daughter of a Mr Cheadle; they had no children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulkeley, Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount 1585 births 1659 deaths Welsh landowners Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by Charles I 17th-century Welsh military personnel