Richard Bulkeley

(1717-1800)

1st President of the Halifax Chess, Pencil, and Brush Club, 1787

Nova Scotia Director of Public Works, Provincial Secretary, Judge

Came to Nova Scotia in 1749 with Cornwallis to help "build" Halifax.

Born in Dublin, IRL.

Source: Phyllis R. Blakeley, Dictionary of Canadian Biography,

1771-1800 Volume IV, University of Toronto/UniversitÈ Laval, 2000

-CFC, 2011