(1707 - 39), 1st s. of 4th Vct. Bulkeley [I] of Beaumaris, Anglesey; educ. Westminster; suc. fa. 1724 as 5th Vct.; m. 1732 Jane Owen; MP 1730 - 9.
1726 - 7 Rome (by 11 May - 28 Sep. 1726), Naples (late Sep.), Rome (by 25 Jan. 1727 - 22 Feb.), Florence (1 - 15 Mar.), Pisa, Lucca, Leghorn, Padua (27 May)
A Jacobite, Bulkeley's movements in Rome and the Campagna during the summer of 1726 were closely observed by Stosch.1 He was first reported in Rome on 11 May 1726; on 29 June he returned to Rome from Albano with the Pretender, Barlow (Hugh and/or Lewis), Pigot and Jones. The same party, with Bulkeley's tutor, Edward Holdsworth, left Rome towards the end of July to spend the summer at Genzano where, Stosch alleged, they were seen 'le long du jour dans une grotte, ou ils ont achettez deux grands Tonneaux de Vin'.3 By 17 August Stosch thought it advisable for Lord Bulkeley, Pigot and Jones to receive letters from London censuring their behaviour. On 31 August the three were on their way to Tivoli. On 28 September Bulkeley set off for Naples with Hugh Stafford, another Jacobite, in the wake of the Duke of Beaufort. He was back in Rome on 25 January 1727 for the Carnival, planning to join his friends Pigot and Jones who were leaving Rome on 27 January. On 22 February Stosch succinctly reported that 'Lord Buckley left for England. Declared for Jacobites. Un jeune homme ? tout faire'. Bulkeley and Holdsworth arrived in Florence on 1 March, but they were ignored by the English community.2 They left on 15 March for Pisa, Lucca and Leghorn,3 and reached Padua on 27 May.4
1. SP 85/16 (11 May, 29 Jun., 26 Jul., 17, 31 Aug., 28 Sep. 1726; 25 Jan., 22 Feb. 1727). 2. SP 98/29 (Colman, 1 Mar. 1727). 3. Ibid. (15 Mar. 1727). 4. Brown 1845 - 6.