Edward Henry Bulkeley (c. 1869 – January 8, 1908)[1] was an American clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.
[9] Around 1896, Bulkeley organized the famous Bachelor's Ball, "which was one of the most successful entertainments of its kind ever given in New York.
[10] Bulkeley had a cottage in Newport, Rhode Island[11][12] as well as a bungalow at Hot Springs in Virginia.
[13][14] On November 28, 1906, Bulkeley, who was 37, was married to 23 year old Miss Margaret Stewart in Newport, Rhode Island.
Stewart, who was from St. Johns, New Brunswick, was his former nurse during a long illness he suffered the year prior in Newport.