A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bulkeley, James
BULKELEY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 8; h-p., 33.)
James Bulkeley entered the Navy, in March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, stationed off Rochefort, and, in the course of 1809, assisted, as Midshipman, at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida, and at the defence of Sicily, where he was frequently in hostile collision with the enemy. For some months, in 1810, we next find him, in the San Josef and Hibernia first-rates, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, actively employed during the siege of Cadiz, particularly at the defence of Fort Matagorda. He then joined the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir F. Laforey, of which he was made a Lieutenant 14 April, 1812. He subsequently took part in the various operations in the Chesapeake and on the coast of America; was transferred, 6 June, 1813, to the Barbadoes 16, Capt. John Fleming; and, on 7 Sept. following, was placed on half-pay. He has not since been afloat.