Sir Richard Bulkeley (1524 – 1572 or 1573) was a Welsh politician, and High Sheriff of both Anglesey and Caernarvonshire.

[2] He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Beaumaris, Chamberlain of North Wales in 1534.

His mother Catherine was the daughter of Sir William Griffith, Knight of Penrhyn Castle in the county of Caernarfon and his wife Jane Stradling.

[1] He was knighted at Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1547 by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick and Lieutenant of the King's Army in Scotland.

As the leading citizen of Beaumaris he did everything possible to advance the town's interests, and obtained a charter for its incorporation from Elizabeth I in 1562.