Richard Bulkeley (died 5 March 1640) was a Welsh politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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between 1626 and 1629.
Bulkeley was the eldest son of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Baron Hill, Llanfaes, Anglesey.
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/ref> He was admitted to Gray's Inn
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on 23 October 1616. He succeeded to his grandfather's estates in 1621.
He served as Justice of the Peace for Anglesey and Caernarvonshire from 1626 to his death and was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey
This is a list of Sheriffs of Anglesey. Following the conquest of Wales by Edward I, Anglesey was created a county of Wales under the Statute of Rhuddlan, 1284.Prior to 1974 the office now known as "High Sheriff" were styled "Sheriff" ()
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for 1638–39. He was a Sewer extraordinary of the royal chamber from 1629 to his death.
In 1626, Bulkeley was elected Member of Parliament for Anglesey
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Bulkeley died without issue at Carnarvon in 1640.][ His estates passed to his uncle Thomas Bulkeley.
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Year of birth missing
1640 deaths
Members of Gray's Inn
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales
17th-century Welsh politicians
English MPs 1626
English MPs 1628–1629
High sheriffs of Anglesey