Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley

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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Bulkeley
File:7thViscountBulkeley.jpg
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
In office
1781–1822
Preceded byThe Lord Newborough
Succeeded byThomas Assheton Smith
Member of Parliament for Anglesey
In office
1774–1784
Preceded bySir Nicholas Bayly, Bt
Succeeded byNicholas Bayly
Personal details
BornThomas James Bulkeley
(1752-12-12)12 December 1752
Died3 June 1822(1822-06-03) (aged 69)
Spouse
Elizabeth Harriet Warren
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(m. 1777; died 1822)​
RelationsSir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet (half-brother)
ParentJames Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley
Alma materJesus College, Oxford

Thomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, later Warren-Bulkeley, (12 December 1752 – 3 June 1822) was a Welsh aristocrat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage.

Early life

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Thomas James Bulkeley was the posthumous son and heir to James Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley, who died aged 35 in 1752,[1] and Emma Rowlands, daughter and heiress of Thomas Rowlands of Caerau, Caernarvonshire. In 1760, his mother married Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet, MP for Beaumaris from 1768 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1794.[2] From his mother's second marriage, he had two half-sisters and two half-brothers, including Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet.

He was educated as fellow commoner at Jesus College, Oxford, before making the Grand Tour with the Marquess of Buckingham;[3] he gave a copy of Guido Reni's St Michael subduing the Devil, acquired in Rome, to Jesus College chapel.[4]

Career

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Like several of his ancestors, Bulkeley became member of parliament for the county of Anglesey, returned in 1774 and 1780.[2] Though he voted against Fox's East India Bill in 1783, he attended a 1784 meeting of the St. Alban's Tavern group of MPs interested in uniting Fox and Pitt. In May 1784 he was created an English peer, Baron Bulkeley, of Beaumaris and had to vacate his seat in the House of Commons.[5]

Bulkeley supported Pitt on the regency question in 1788. He spoke in the Lords on the election treating act in 1796. He opposed the 'Adultery bill' in 1800. In the 1806 impeachment trial of Viscount Melville, Bulkeley voted Melville guilty on the sixth and seventh charges.[3]

During the French Revolutionary War he raised the 'Loyal Anglesea (sic) Volunteers' of four companies in 1797 and commanded them as Major-Commandant until they was stood down after the Peace of Amiens in 1802. When the peace broke down in 1803 he re-raised the unit as the Anglesey Loyal Volunteers of two battalions and commanded them with the rank of Colonel. When the volunteers declined after the crisis was over, Bulkeley and most of his officers transferred to the Anglesey Local Militia in 1809.[6][7]

Beaumaris Castle

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Lord Bulkeley bought Beaumaris Castle from the Crown in 1807 for £735, incorporating it into the park that surrounded his local residence, Baron Hill.[8][9][10] Some of the castle's stones may have been reused in 1829 to build the nearby Beaumaris Gaol.[11]

Personal life

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Painting of his wife, Viscountess Bulkeley, as Hebe, by George Romney, c. 1776

On 26 April 1777 he married Elizabeth Harriet Warren, only daughter and heir of Sir George Warren.[2] In 1802 Bulkeley legally changed his name by Royal Licence to Thomas James Warren-Bulkeley.[12]

He died without issue in 1822 in Englefield Green. His estate was inherited by his nephew, Sir Richard Williams, 10th Baronet (the son of his half-brother), who assumed the additional surname of Bulkeley, by Royal licence.[13] His wife died in 1832; her will left property to a relation George Fleming Leicester, under the condition he change his surname to Warren.[14]

Legacy

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Bulkeley's memorial in St Mary's, Beaumaris

The chancel north wall of St Mary's and St Nicholas's Church, Beaumaris contains a medieval brass plaque and a monument to Bulkeley.

References

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  1. ^ Brydges, Sir S. E., A biographical peerage of the empire of Great Britain, 4 vols, 1808-17
  2. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Wilson, J., A biographical index to the present House of Lords, 1808
  4. ^ Jesus College: The 18th Century Archived 24 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: 1: Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, Caernarfon: Palace Books, 1989, ISBN 1-871904-00-5, pp. 96, 105–6, 121, 124.
  7. ^ War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
  8. ^ Taylor 2004, p. 17; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ £735 in 1807 could equate to between £56,000 to £2,600,000 in 2011 terms, depending on the measure used.
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Taylor 2004, p. 15
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Sources

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