Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley

Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley (19 September 1682 – 4 June 1724) was a Welsh politician and peer.

Family

Bulkeley was the eldest son of Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley and Mary, daughter of Sir Philip Egerton of Oulton, Cheshire.^[1] He succeeded as Viscount Bulkeley on his father's death in 1704. He married Bridget, daughter of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, in 1703^[1] and they had eight children:^[2]

• Richard (1707–1738), who succeeded as fifth viscount, married Jane, daughter of Lewis Owen of Peniarth, Merionethshire, without issue
• James (1717–1752), who succeeded as sixth viscount, married Emma, daughter of Thomas Rowlands of Caerau, Anglesey, and Nant, Caernarfonshire, with issue
• Bridget, died unmarried
• Eleanor, married George Harvey of Teddington, Oxford
• Anne, married William Bertie, brother of Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Abingdon and grandson of James, 1st Earl of Abingdon
• Elizabeth, married William Price of Bulace
• Lumley
• Sarah

Education and career

After studying at Christ's College, Cambridge, he held local office as Constable of Beaumaris Castle (1702–16) before entering parliament, representing Anglesey, following his father's death in 1704. He lost his seat in 1715, but was re-elected in 1722 with the assistance of Watkin Williams-Wynn, serving until his death in 1724 in Bath. He served as Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey between 1706 and 1715.^[3]

References

1. Thomas, Peter D.G. "Bulkeley, Richard, 4th Visct. Bulkeley [I] (1682-1724), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. Debrett, John (1822). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland 2. London: J. Moyes. pp. 1092–1093.
3. Hayton, D. W. "Bulkeley, Richard, 4th Visct. Bulkeley of Cashel [I] (1682-1724), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 August 2014.