Thomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, later Warren-Bulkeley, (12 December 1752 – 3 June 1822) was a

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aristocrat and politician who sat in the

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from 1774 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.

Life

Thomas James Bulkeley was the posthumous son and heir to James Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley, who died aged 35 in 1752.Brydges, Sir S. E., A biographical peerage of the empire of Great Britain, 4 vols, 1808-17 He was educated as fellow commoner at

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, before making the

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with the Marquess of Buckingham;Wilson, J., ''A biographical index to the present House of Lords'', 1808 he gave a copy of

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's ''St Michael subduing the Devil'', acquired in

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, to Jesus College chapel. Like several of his ancestors, Bulkeley became

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for the county of

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, returned in

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and

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. In 1777 he married Elizabeth Harriot, only daughter and heir of Sir George Warren. Though he voted against

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in 1783, he attended a 1784 meeting of the

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of MPs interested in uniting Fox and Pitt. In May 1784 he was created an English peer,

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, of Beaumaris and had to vacate his seat in the House of Commons. Bulkeley supported

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on the regency question in 1788. He spoke in the Lords on the election treating act in 1796. He opposed the 'Adultery bill' in 1800. In the 1806 impeachment trial of

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, Bulkeley voted Melville guilty on the sixth and seventh charges. In 1802 Bulkeley legally changed his name by Royal Licence to Thomas James Warren-Bulkeley. He died without issue in 1822 in

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. His wife died in 1832; her will left property to a relation George Fleming Leicester, under the condition he change his surname to Warren.

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* 1752 births 1822 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 Lord-Lieutenants of Caernarvonshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland

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