Sir Richard Bulstrode (1610 – 3 October 1711) was an English author, diplomat and soldier, a son of

Edward Bulstrode Edward Bulstrode (1588–1659), lawyer, the second son of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgeley, near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, by Cecilia, daughter of Sir John Croke of Chilton, was born in 1588. He became a commoner of St. John's College, Oxford in ...

(1588–1659).

Life and family

Richard Bulstrode was born at

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, and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. After studying law in

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he joined the army of

Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...

on the outbreak of the

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in 1642. In 1673 he became a resident agent of Charles II at

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; in 1675 he was

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ed; then following

James II James II may refer to: * James II of Avesnes (died c. 1205), knight of the Fourth Crusade * James II of Majorca (died 1311), Lord of Montpellier * James II of Aragon (1267–1327), King of Sicily * James II, Count of La Marche (1370–1438), King C ...

into exile he died at St. Germain on 3 October 1711. Bulstrode is chiefly known by his ''Memoirs and Reflections upon the Reign and Government of King Charles I''. He wrote the ''Life of James II'', and ''Original Letters written to the Earl of Arlington'' (1712). The latter consists principally of letters written from Brussels giving an account of the important events which took place in the

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during 1674. His second son Whitelocke Bulstrode (1650–1724), remained in England after the flight of James II; he held some official positions, and in 1717 wrote a pamphlet in support of George I and the

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ian succession. He published ''A Discourse of

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'', and was a prominent

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controversialist. He died in London on 27 November 1724.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulstrode, Richard 1610 births 1711 deaths Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Cavaliers English biographers English memoirists