About William Bulkeley
Lived 1500 – 1576. William Bulkeley was a politician.
William Bulkeley (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.
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Welsh politician (1500–1576)
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