Viscount Bulkeley
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Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
. It was created on 19 January 1644 for Thomas Bulkeley
Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley
Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley was a landowner from North Wales who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War....
, the son of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris and a supporter of King Charles I of England
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
. The title descended from father to son until the death of his great-great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, in 1738. The late Viscount was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Viscount. The latter was succeeded by his son, the eighth Viscount. He was created Lord Bulkeley, Baron of Beaumaris, in the County of Anglesey, in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
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on 14 May 1784, which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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. In 1802 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Warren, which was that of his father-in-law, Sir George Warren
George Warren (MP)
Sir George Warren KB , of Poynton Lodge in Cheshire, was a British Member of Parliament.Warren set out initially on an army career, being promoted to Captain in 1756...
. On his death in 1822 both titles became extinct. Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams, 10th Baronet, of Penrhyn, succeeded to the Bulkeley estates and assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Bulkeley (see Williams-Bulkeley Baronets
Williams-Bulkeley Baronets
The Williams, later Williams-Bulkeley Baronetcy, of Penrhyn in the County of Caernarvon, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 17 June 1661 for Griffith Williams. He had already been granted a baronetcy by Oliver Cromwell in 1658. The second Baronet represented both ...
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From the second to the sixth viscount, all viscounts were Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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Viscounts Bulkeley (1644)
- Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount BulkeleyThomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount BulkeleyThomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley was a landowner from North Wales who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War....
(d. c.1659) - Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount BulkeleyRobert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount BulkeleyRobert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley of Cashel was a British peer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Anglesey, 1660–1661, Caernarvonshire, 1675–1679, and Anglesey for the second time from 1685 to 1689.-References:...
(d. 1688) - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley (c. 1658–1704)
- Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley (1682–1724)
- Richard Bulkeley, 5th Viscount Bulkeley (1707–1738)
- James Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley (1717–1752)
- Thomas James Warren-Bulkeley, 7th Viscount BulkeleyThomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount BulkeleyThomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, later Warren-Bulkeley, was an English aristocrat and politician.-Life:...
(1752–1822)