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

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

Marriage and children 
About November 1673 Bulkeley married Sophia Stewart, maid of honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza.

Henry and Sophia had a son:
 François de Bulkeley, Lieutenant-general who married Marie-Anne O'Mahony, daughter of Daniel O'Mahony and Cecilia Weld.

—and four daughters:
 Charlotte; first wife of Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare, and later of Daniel O'Mahony.
 Anne (c. 1675 – 1751), married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II.
 Henrietta, who died unmarried
 Laura, who died unmarried

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 

 Rochester, Dryden, and the Rose-Street Affair; J. Harold Wilson; The Review of English Studies, Vol. 15, No. 59 (Jul., 1939), pp. 294–301
 Godolphin- his life and times; Sir Tresham Lever; J. Murray 1952.
 The Irish chieftains; or, A struggle for the crown; C.J. Blake Forester; 1872.

 

1640s births
1698 deaths
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
Bulkeley family
English MPs 1679
English MPs 1680–1681
English MPs 1681
English MPs 1685–1687
Members of Gray's Inn
Masters of the Household
Members of the Parliament of England for Beaumaris
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
Younger sons of viscounts