Background
Bulkeley was the son of William Bulkeley of Burgate, Hampshire and his wife Margaret Culliford, daughter of John Culliford of Encombe, Dorset.
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John Bulkeley
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Career
He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 13 April 1632, aged 18. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1633. He travelled abroad in France from 1634 to 1637.
He was elected to the Long Parliament in November 1645 as Member of Parliament for Newtown until he was excluded under Pride"s Purge.
Bulkeley was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected for Hampshire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659 he was elected Member of Parliament for in the Third Protectorate Parliament and in 1660 was chosen again for Hampshire in the Convention Parliament.
He was lastly elected Member of Parliament for Lymington in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1662. Bulkeley died at the age of 47.
Bulkeley married firstly by licence dated 4 January 1638, Anne Doddington, daughter of Sir William Doddington of Breamore, Hampshire and had two daughters.
Membership
Short Parliament; Cavalier Parliament]
In April 1640, Bulkeley was elected Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) in the Short Parliament.
