Richard Bulkeley

British statesman
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Born:
Dec. 26, 1717, Dublin, Ire.
Died:
Dec. 7, 1800, Halifax, Nova Scotia (aged 82)

Richard Bulkeley (born Dec. 26, 1717, Dublin, Ire.—died Dec. 7, 1800, Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a British statesman who exercised power in Nova Scotia for 52 years. Details of Bulkeley’s early life are unclear; he may have been an officer in the British Dragoon Guards and later may have served as king’s messenger at Whitehall. In 1749 he traveled to Nova Scotia with the governor, Edward Cornwallis, as his assistant. In 1757 Bulkeley became provincial secretary, a post that he held under 13 successive governors. He became editor of the Royal Gazette in 1758. The following year he was appointed ...(100 of 139 words)