Henry Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury explained

The Lord Wrenbury
Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Office:Lord Justice of Appeal
Alma Mater:Christ's College, Cambridge
Honorific Suffix:PC
Termstart:24 October 1906
Termend:7 April 1915
Office1:Justice of the High Court
Termstart1:10 January 1900
Termend1:24 October 1906
Birth Date:15 September 1845
Birth Place:London, England
Birth Name:Henry Burton Buckley
Death Place:London
Children:8
Predecessor:Sir Robert Romer
Successor1:Sir Robert Parker

Henry Burton Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury, PC (15 September 1845 – 27 October 1935), was a British barrister and judge.

Career

Buckley was the fourth son of Reverend John Wall Buckley and his wife Elizabeth Burton, daughter of Thomas Burton; his elder sister Arabella was a writer and science educator. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Tancred law student from 1866 to 1872.

Buckley was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1869, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1886. He was a member of the Bar Committee and of the Bar Council from 1882 to 1898. In January 1900 he was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales,[1] and he received the customary knighthood from Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 3 March 1900.[2] He became a Lord Justice of Appeal and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1906, and on his retirement in 1915 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Wrenbury, of Old Castle in the County of East Sussex.

In May 1901 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.[3]

Family

Lord Wrenbury married Bertha Margaretta Jones (1866–1960), daughter of Charles Edward Jones, in 1887. They had four sons and four daughters:

He died at his home in Melbury Road, London, in October 1935, aged 90, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[4] He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Bryan Burton Buckley, 2nd Baron Wrenbury. His younger son Sir Denys Burton Buckley also became a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales and a Lord Justice of Appeal.

Arms

Escutcheon:Azure a chevron cottised between two stags' heads cabossed in chief and a garb in base all Or on a chief engrailed Ermine a buckle between two crosses pattée fitchée Gules.
Crest:On a mount Vert a demi-stag at gaze Gules attired and gorged with a collar a chain attached reflexed over the back Or supporting a garb of the last.
Supporters:On either side a buck at gaze Gules collared attired and chained Or.
Motto:To My Utmost [5]

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References

Notes and References

  1. New judge. 10 January 1900 . 9 . 36035.
  2. Court Circular. 5 March 1900 . 9 . 36081.
  3. University intelligence . 13 May 1901 . 7 . 36453.
  4. Book: The Complete Peerage, Volume XIII, Peerage Creations 1901-1938. 1949. St Catherine's Press. 199.
  5. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 1921.