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BUCKLE, LEWIS, eldest son of Lewis Buckle, Bordean, East Meon, Hants., and Eleanor, dau. of Dr. Dickins, “physician”, Liverpool; b. 1758; adm. 13 Jan 1767; left Whitsun 1771; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 30 Aug 1771; Lieut., 22 Mar 1775; Capt., 10 Jul 1782; retd. 22 Nov 1786; of Rogate Lodge, Sussex; m. 21 Feb 1786 Frances, dau. of Thomas Batchelor, Prior Court House, Cheveley, Berks.; d. 1806. [but will of Lewis Buckle, Rogate Lodge, proved PCC 14 Dec 1818]

BUCKLE, WILLIAM, brother of Lewis Buckle (qv); b. 2 Jun 1759 (IGI); adm. 13 Jan 1767; left Whitsun 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 May 1775, aged 15, Canoneer Student 4 Jul 1775 - 7 Nov 1788 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Pyrton from 13 Nov 1787); BA 1779; MA 1783; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1784, priest 22 May 1785 (both Oxford); Rector of Pyrton, Oxfordshire, from 1787; Vicar of Shirburn, Oxfordshire (dispensation to hold with Pyrton, 1795) (still 1829); succeeded his cousin Christopher in the Burgh estate, Banstead, Surrey, 1816; Vicar of Banstead, Surrey, from 21 Feb 1823; m. 1778 Grace, dau. of Sir John Stewart, Bart., Grandtully and Murthly, Perthshire; d. 17 Apr 1832.

Buckler, Humphrey McCartie, son of Francis William Buckler, Prof. of Church History, Grad. Sch. of Theology, Oberlin, OH, USA, and Gertrude Mary, d. of Rt Rev. Horace McCartie Eyre Price DD, Bishop of Fukien, China, later Archdeacon of Ely; b. 7 Mar. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (B); left July 1947; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. 1948, BA 1951, MA 1961; AMIMechE; dir. Matthew Hall Engineering Ltd. 1967-72; in practice as consult. engineer 1972-; m. 1954 Jenifer E. C. Slater; d. 16 Aug. 2012.

Buckley, Edmund Graham, son of Edmund Frazer Buckley, of Chelsea, barrister-at-law, by Helen Margaret, daughter of Edward Castle, Q. C., of South Kensington and sister of Reginald Wingfield Castle (q.v.); b. May 5, 1901; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (G); left July 1919; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Rifle Brigade July 14, 1921; Lieut. July 14, 1923; seconded under the Colonial Office to the Iraq Levies May 14, 1923; Capt. 3rd (Assyrian) Batt. Iraq Levies July 4, 1923; mentioned in despatches for services in Iraq April-May 1927; M.B.E. 1933; Major Aug. 1, 1938; served with B. E. F. in Greece and as a liaison officer with Greek troops in Egypt; Gold Cross of Royal Order of George I with Swords 1942; m. Oct. 14, 1933, Margaret Elisabeth, daughter of Frank Bailey, of Chelsea; d. of wounds received in Greece Jan. 21, 1943.

Edmund Graham Buckley was born at Chelsea, London on the 5th of May 1901 the son of Edmund Frazer Buckley, a barrister at law, and Helen Margaret (nee Castle) Buckley of 2, Carlyle Gardens, Cheyne Row, Chelsea in London. He was christened at Holy Trinity Church, Chelsea on the 2nd of June 1901.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 14th of January 1915 to July 1919. He was a member of the 1st Cricket XI in 1918 and of the 2nd Football XI in 1917 and 1918. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in January 1918. He was appointed as a Monitor in September 1918. On leaving school he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) on the 24th of July 1921. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 14th of July 1923 and was seconded to the Colonial Office for service with the Iraqi Levies on the 14th of May 1923, setting sail for Basrah on board the SS Rotenfels on the following day. He was promoted to Captain on the 4th of July 1923 and was attached to the 3rd (Assyrian) Battalion, Iraqi Levies.
He was Mentioned in Despatches for “distinguished services” during operations in the Penjwin area of Iraq for the period April to May 1927, which was announced by the Air Ministry on the 23rd of March 1928. He was awarded the MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List, which was announced in the London Gazette of the 6th of June 1933. He was promoted to Major on the 1st of August 1938
He was married on the 14th of October 1933 to Margaret Elizabeth (nee Bailey) and they lived at Old Rectory, Boscombe in Wiltshire. He was a member of the Cavendish Club.
During the Second World War he served in Greece and as a Liaison Officer with Greek troops in Egypt for which he was awarded Gold Cross of the Royal Order of George I with Swords (Greece) by King George of the Hellenes shortly before his death.
He was later appointed as the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion of his Regiment.
He died at the Military Hospital for Head Injuries, St Hugh’s College, Oxford.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Boscombe.
He is commemorated at Oxford Crematorium on the left hand column.

BUCKLEY, EDWARD, son of Edward Buckley, London; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1680, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1680, aged 17, scholar 22 Apr 1681, matr. 1681; BA 1683/4; ordained priest (London) Mar 1684/5.

Buckman, James Leslie, only son of James Buckman, of East Dulwich, Surrey, Borough Treasurer of Bermondsey, by Mary Jane, daughter of James Neighbour, of London; b. Nov. 11, 1892; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left Dec. 1910; Wadham Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; adm. to the Middle Temple April 5, 1911; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Service) Batt. Gloucs, Regt. Nov. 14, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 13, 1915, 12th (Service) Batt. (Bermondsey) East Surrey Regt. June 29, 1915; Capt. Oct. 9, 1915; went out to the western front May 1, 1916; killed in action at Fiers, France, Sept. 15, 1916; unm.

Buckmaster, Charles Christopher Michael, son of Henry Stephen Guy Buckmaster OBE, barrister, and Barbara Geidt, univ. lecturer, d. of Alfred Geidt of Courtenay, Vancouver I., BC, Canada; b. 21 Dec. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1942; asst. librarian Inner Temple 1947-56; admin. asst. Marconi Co. Ltd. 1956-85, retd.; m. 7 Mar. 1951 Margaret Dorothy Alice, d. of Edgar Cozens Prior of Maldon, Essex; d. 8 July 2012.

Bucknall, Michael Allen, posthumous son of E. Allen Bucknall, of Deane House, Whitchurch, Hants; b. Nov. 9, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (R); left April 1919; Worcester Coll. Oxon. 1920-2; a farmer; R. N. V. R. 1940-5; m. April 30, 1932, Violet Beatrice, eldest daughter of Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, Bart., of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset.

Buckney, Lionel Arthur Faraday, son of Arthur Buckney of Tokyo and Harriet Gladys, d. of Wil­liam Roberts, of Clifton, Bristol; b. 15 Dec. 1910; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); left July 1929; Imperial Coll. of Science; a welding engineer in Australia.

BUCKNILL, CHARLES, brother of Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill (qv); b. 11 Jul 1846; adm. 5 Feb 1858 (James'); left Dec 1858; d. at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 Apr 1895.