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• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD

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• SIR RICHARD BULSTRODE (1610-1711)

BULSTRODE (1610-1711)  , English author and soldier, was a son of Edward Bulstrode (1588–1659), and was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge; after studying law in London he joined the army of Charles I. on the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642 . In 1673 he became a resident agent of Charles II. at Brussels; in 1675 he was knighted; then following James II. into exile he died at St Germain on the 3rd of October 1711 . Bulstrode is chiefly known by his Memoirs and Reflections upon the Reign and Government of King Charles I. and King Charles II., published after his death in 1721 . He also W.-BULSTRODE wrote Life of James II., and Original Letters written to the Earl of Arlington (1712) . The latter consists principally of letters written from Brussels giving an account of the important events which took place in the Netherlands during 1674 . His second son, WIIITELOCKE BULSTRODE (1650-1724), remained in England after the flight of James II.; he held some official positions, and in 1717 wrote a pamphlet in support of George I. and the Hanoverian succession . He published A Discourse of Natural Philosophy, and was a prominent Protestant controversialist . He died in London on the 27th of November 1724 .