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She was a younger daughter of Walter Stuart (or Stewart), the third son of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre, Member of Parliament
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Sophia Bulkeley
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The Stuarts were royalists, and were in exile in France under the Commonwealth. Sophia returned to England after the Restoration of 1660, and in 1671 became a maid of honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza. Henry was master of the household successively to Charles II and James World War II This marriage therefore placed Sophia in the inner court circles, and due course in 1685 she became lady of the bedchamber to Queen Mary of Modena.
About 1680 it was rumoured that Sidney Godolphin was enamoured of her.
The Glorious Revolution saw her move with the Queen and Stuart court to France in December 1688. Sophia Bulkeley remained a Jacobite loyalist, though she had personal reasons to return on occasion to England, something she managed in 1702.
She tried to return again to England in 1713, on financial affairs, but was refused papers. She made a final attempt in 1718, which once more failed.
Henry and Sophia Bulkeley had six children.
Francis became a general.
