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Dewey Bulkeley

British Member of Parliament (died 1735)

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Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ26772646 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sir Dewey Bulkeley (died 7 November 1735) was an English politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridport. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire from 1705 to 1706. He was married to Anne Coventry, later Lady Bulkeley (1674–1774).

Editorial summary

“Dewey Bulkeley” enters the record as british Member of Parliament (died 1735). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dewey, Bulkeley and British can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1735, 1705, 1706, 1674—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Dewey, Bulkeley and British.
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Why this record matters

“Dewey Bulkeley” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Dewey, Bulkeley and British provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26772646. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1735, 1705, 1706 and 1674.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dewey Bulkeley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.