Edward H. Bulkeley

Edward Henry Bulkeley (c. 1869 – January 8, 1908)[1] was an American clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.

Edward H. Bulkeley
Born1869
Died8 January 1908
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMargaret Stewart
Children1

Early life

Bulkeley was born circa 1869. He was the son of Edward Henry Bulkeley (b. 1828),[2] a Wall Street operator,[3] and Catherine Wolfe (née Clark) Bulkeley.[1] His three sisters included Helen C. Bulkeley, who married Roland Redmond,[4] Mary Caroline Bulkeley (b. 1850), who married Reginald William Rives (the brother of Assistant Secretary of State George L. Rives, grandson of U.S. Senator William Cabell Rives, and cousin of author Amélie Rives),[3] and Katherine Bulkeley (b. 1860), who married Prescott Lawrence.[5][6]

His paternal grandparents were Charles Bulkeley (1774–1843) and his third wife, Chloe (née Beebe) Bulkeley (1791–1845).[2]

Society life

In 1892, Bulkeley was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred," purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[7] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[8] He was also a prominent member of the Knickerbocker Club.[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] In 1902, along with Robert Livingston Beeckman, and his new wife, Eleanor Thomas Beeckman, he accompanied them on their trip around the world.[10]

Bulkeley had a cottage in Newport, Rhode Island[11][12] as well as a bungalow at Hot Springs in Virginia.[13][14]

Personal life

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.[15] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Edward Henry Bulkeley (b. 1907)[16]

Bulkeley became gravely ill shortly after his son's birth.[16] He died in Newport on January 8, 1908.[1] After his death, his widow remarried in 1911 to Matthew Buchanan of Glasgow, Scotland.[17]

References
  1. "DIED. BULKELEY". The New York Times. January 10, 1908. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley, being an account of his career, his ancestry, the ancestry of his two wives, and his relatives in England and New England, together with a genealogy of his descendants through the seventh American generation. Tuttle. 1933. p. 1058. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. "RIVES SAYS HE WAS TREATED CRUELLY Former Plumland Commissioner: Says His Wife Did Not Treat His Fellow Horse Show Judges Courtesouly". The Kingston Daily Freeman. 16 August 1912. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. "REGINALD RIVES SUES FOR DIVORCE; Accusing His Wife of Cruelty and Desertion, He Files a Complaint at Reno". The New York Times. 16 August 1912. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. Linzee, John William (1917). The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain: Including the Probates at Somerset House, London, England, of All the Spellings of the Name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800. Priv. Print. [The Fort Hill Press]. p. 841. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1920. p. 819. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  9. "About Clubs and Clubmen". The New York Times. 27 July 1902. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  10. "Society at Home and Abroad". The New York Times. 2 December 1906. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  11. "The News of Newport". The New York Times. 11 October 1900. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  12. "NEWPORT NOTES OF THE WEEK.; Flowerbeds Robbed of Hundreds of Dollars Worth of Plants". The New York Times. 27 May 1894. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  13. "The History Box | Echoes From Clubland: Tid-Bits". thehistorybox.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  14. "Echoes from Clubland". The New York Times. 22 May 1904. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  15. "E.H. BULKELEY MARRIES.; Weds Miss Stewart, His Nurse, Despite Opposition of Family". The New York Times. November 29, 1906. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  16. "E.H. BULKELEY DYING.; Clubman Who Married His Nurse Very Ill at Newport". The New York Times. January 6, 1908. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  17. "Mrs. Edward H. Bulkley to Wed". The New York Times. 8 September 1911. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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