He was the elder son of Sir Richard Bulkeley, 1st Baronet and his first wife Catherine Bysse, daughter of John Bysse, sometime Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and his wife Margaret Edgeworth.
[2] Bulkeley was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating from both with a Bachelor of Arts in 1680.
[5] Three years later Bulkeley entered the Irish House of Commons for Fethard (County Wexford), representing the constituency until his death in 1710.
[7] Richards's widow remarried William Worth, of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland).
[8] Sir Richard's estates passed to his niece Hester, who married Lucy's stepson James Worth Tynte.