| Edmund Buckley | |
| Birth Name: | Edmund Buckley |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1780 |
| Children: | 16 |
Edmund Buckley (24 December 1780 - 21 January 1867)[1] [2] 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.[2]
He was elected at the 1841 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme,and held the seat until the 1847 general election, when he did not stand again.[3]
His illegitimate son Edmund Peck, was born in 1834.[4] Peck later adopted his father's surname and inherited his fortune, and became Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet.