later Baron Dalling and Bulwer of Dalling
born Feb. 13, 1801, London, Eng.
died May 23, 1872, Naples, Italy
British diplomat.
In the diplomatic service from 1829, he negotiated the Ponsonby Treaty (1838), which was advantageous to British trade with the Ottoman Empire. As ambassador to the U.S. (1849–52), he negotiated the controversial Clayton-Bulwer Treaty , which was intended to resolve (but in fact aggravated) Anglo-American disputes in Latin America. In 1856 he played a major part in the negotiations following the Crimean War . His brother was the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton .