Edmund Buckley (politician, born 1780)

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Edmund Buckley
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Sir Edmund Buckley
Born
Edmund Buckley

(1780-12-25)December 25, 1780
Died(1867-01-21)January 21, 1867 [1]
Occupation
  • Industrialist
Children16 [1]

Edmund Buckley (24 December 1780 - 21 January 1867) [2] [1] was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a successful industrialist, owning iron works, collieries and cotton mills. He was the Chairman of the Manchester Exchange during the 1850s, resigning that post in 1860. [1]

He was elected at the 1841 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme, [3] and held the seat until the 1847 general election, [4] when he did not stand again. [5]

His illegitimate son Edmund Peck, was born in 1834. [6] Peck later adopted his father's surname and inherited his fortune, and became Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stancliffe, F.S. (1938). John Shaw's 1738-1938. Sherratt & Hughes.
  2. ↑ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1850). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. 3. H. Colburn. p. 46.
  3. ↑ "No. 19999". The London Gazette . 16 July 1841. p. 1855.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  5. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 217. ISBN   0-900178-26-4.
  6. ↑ "Diaries of William Rees of Tonn, Llandovery. Cardiff City Library". Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Spencer de Horsey
William Henry Miller 		Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
1841 – 1847
With: John Quincey Harris 1841–1842
John Campbell Colquhoun 1842–1847		Succeeded by
Samuel Christy
William Jackson


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