Henry Bulkeley

Henry Bulkeley (c. 1641 – 1698) was an English courtier and politician. He was Master of the Household to Charles II and James II of England.

Not to be confused with Henry Daggett Bulkley.

Birth and origins

Bulkeley was the fifth but third surviving son of Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley and his wife Blanche Coytmore.[1] He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and admitted at Gray's Inn in 1654.[2][3]

Marriage and children

About November 1673 Bulkeley married Sophia Stewart, maid of honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza.[3]

Henry and Sophia had a son:

  1. François de Bulkeley, Lieutenant-general[4] who married Marie-Anne O'Mahony, daughter of Daniel O'Mahony and Cecilia Weld.

—and four daughters:

  1. Charlotte; first wife of Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare,[5] and later of Daniel O'Mahony.
  2. Anne (c. 1675 – 1751), married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II.[6][7][8]
  3. Henrietta, who died unmarried[9]
  4. Laura, who died unmarried[9]

Master of the Household

Bulkeley was Master of the Household, a sinecure. He was by Charles II and maintained in office by James II of England at his accession to the throne in 1685.

MP

Bulkey was Member of Parliament from February 1679 to August 1679 for the constituency of Anglesey and from 1679 until 1689 for Beaumaris.

Death

Bulkely died in 1698 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

References
  1. Mimardière, A. M. "Bulkeley, Hon. Henry (c.1641-98), of Westminster". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. "Bulkeley, Henry (BLKY657H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Humphreys, Jennett; Wynne, S. M. (2004). "Bulkeley [née Stuart], Lady Sophia (fl. 1660–1718)". In Matthew, Henry Colin Gray.; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 579–580. ISBN 0-19-861411-X.
  4. Corp, Edward T. (2004). A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 100, note 48. ISBN 0-521-58462-0.
  5. Seccombe, Thomas; Elliot-Wright, P. J. C. (2004). "O'Brien, Charles, styled fifth Viscount Clare (1670–1706)". In Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 353. ISBN 0-19-861391-1.
  6. "Bulkeley, Sophia" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  7. Burke, Bernard (1883). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (New ed.). London: Harrison. p. 87. OCLC 499232768.
  8. Handley, Stuart (2004). "FitzJames, James (1650/51–1712)". In Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 881–884. ISBN 0-19-861369-5.
  9. Corp, Edward T. (2004). A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-521-58462-0.
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