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James Bulteel (1676–1757) of Tavistock in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1703-8 and 1711–15,
The pedigree of Bulteel printed in Burke's Landed Gentry commences with Samuel Bulteel (died 1682) of Tavistock in Devon, the father of James Bulteel (1676–1757) of Tavistock. The Bulteels were Huguenot refugees from France. However the pedigree given by Prince (died 1723) begins five generations earlier with James Bulteel of Tournai in Hainault. Certainly there is a familial connection with John Bulteel (died 1669) of Westminster, a Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel in Cornwall, from 1661 to 1669 and between c.1658 and 1667 Secretary to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor to King Charles II.
He married Mary Crocker, daughter and heiress of Courtenay Crocker (died 1740), of Lyneham, Yealmpton, by whom he had two sons and four daughters, including: