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Lord Commissioner Whitelock
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (6 August 1605 – 28 July 1675) was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian, and one of the commissioners of the Great Seal during the Interregnum. Early life He was the eldest son of Sir James Whitelocke and Elizabeth Bulstrode, and was born on 6 August 1605 at George Croke's house in Fleet Street, London. He was baptized on 19 August 1605 at the nearby church of St Dunstan-in-the-West, where his mother's parents were married in 1571; his notorious uncle Edmund Whitelocke, being one of the godfathers, announced that the child was to be called Bulstrode. The vicar demurred, but Edmund insisted that he bear his mother's name, "Bulstrode or Elizabeth, let them choose which they please". Bulstrode was educated briefly at Eton College, then at Merchant Taylors' School and at St John's College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 8 December 1620. Early career He left Oxford, without a degree, for the Middle Temple, and was called to the bar in 1626; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitelocke Bulstrode
Whitelocke Bulstrode (1650–1724) was an English official, religious controversialist and mystical writer. Life He was the second son of Sir Richard Bulstrode and his wife Jocosa, daughter of Edward Dyneley of Charlton, Worcestershire. On 27 November 1661 he was specially admitted a student of the Inner Temple. When his Jacobite father followed James II into exile, Bulstrode remained in England. He became prothonotary of the marshal's court and commissioner of excise. In 1705 he purchased the manor of Hounslow, Middlesex. He was chosen a justice of the peace for the county. Bulstrode died at Hatton Garden on 27 November 1724. His tombstone at Hounslow gives his age as seventy-four. He was buried against the north wall of the chancel of the old priory chapel at Hounslow, but when this chapel was taken down the coffins of the family were removed to another vault, and the monument of Whitelocke Bulstrode was placed at the east end of the north gallery of the church. Works Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
