title: William Bulkeley (Welsh politician)
text: # William Bulkeley (Welsh politician)
  
  William Bulkeley (c. 1500 – 1575 or 1576), of Beaumaris, Anglesey, was a Welsh politician.
  
  He was born before 1505, the son of Edmund Bulkeley of Conway, North Wales.
  
  He became a well-to-do merchant based in Beaumaris, Anglesey, where he served as bailiff in 1526, 1536 and 1562. He was coroner in 1564. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Beaumaris in November 1554 and 1571.
  
  He married twice; firstly Jane, daughter of Nicholas Elcock, with whom he had two sons and two daughters and secondly Margaret Thickness of Beaumaris.
  
  