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 
Henry was born about 1641, a younger son of Thomas Bulkeley and his wife Blanche Coytmore. His father was created Viscount Bulkeley of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1643. His father's family were the Bulkeleys of Baronhill, Anglesey. Henry was the 4th of 5 brother. See Robert and Thomas. Early life 
Bulkeley studied at Gray's Inn, where he was admitted in 1654, and at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1657. In 1664 he became an ensign in the Kings Guards in the Irish Army. From about 1669 to 1678 he was a captain. Marriage and children 
About November 1673 Bulkeley married Sophia Stewart, maid of honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza. Henry and Sophia had a son:
 Françis or François, 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 
In 1678 Bulkeley became Master of the Household, a sinecure. He was appointed by Charles II and maintained in office by James II of England at his accession to the throne in 1685. MP 
Bulkeley was Member of Parliament from February 1679 to August 1679 for the constituency of Anglesey and in 1679 in October for Beaumaris and again in 1681 and 1685. Later Life and death 
In 1695 Bulkeley quarrelled with Lord Clancarty. In 1696, at the attempted assassination of King William, Bulkeley was in England and signed the Association to show his loyalty. Bulkeley committed suicide in 1698. In his will he told his son to return to England and conform to the established religion. References

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  – Canonteign to Cutts
 
 
 
 
 
 
  – Abbas to Cutts

Further reading 
 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 Jacobites
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