Nathaniel Buckley
Nathaniel Buckley (1821 – 23 March 1892)[1] was a British landowner, cotton mill owner and Liberal Party politician. In November 1855 he was elected Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne.[2]
At the 1868 general election he was Liberal candidate for the constituency of Stalybridge, but was defeated by his Conservative opponent, James Sidebottom. Sidebottom died in February 1871 causing a by-election. Initially the local Liberal Party selected the Honourable Edward Lyuth Stanley as their candidate, but following a number of delegations of "working men", Buckley was chosen.[3] The by-election was held on 28 February and Buckley won the seat by 208 votes.[4]
By the 1870s, Buckley was a millionaire. In 1873, he purchased the Galtee estate of the Earl of Kingston, near Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. Following a revaluation, he issued rent demands to his new tenants of between fifty and five hundred per cent. This led to a great deal of agrarian unrest, evictions and an attempted assassination of Buckley's land agent. His actions also demonstrated weaknesses in the Irish Land Acts, which were consequently amended.[5]
Buckley was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in 1867.[6]
At the 1874 general election Buckley was defeated by the Conservative candidate, Thomas Harrop Sidebottom. He did not return to parliament.[citation needed]
At the time of his death, aged 71, in 1892, he had residences at Alderdale Lodge, Droylsden, Lancashire and Galtee Castle, County Cork.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ^ "The New Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne". The Manchester Guardian (1828–1900). 12 November 1855. p. 2. ProQuest 473869007.
- ^ Election Intelligence, The Times, 25 February 1871, p. 9
- ^ Election Intelligence, The Times, 1 March 1871, p. 8
- ^ "Land Tenure (Ireland) Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 6 February 1878. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
- ^ "No. 23253". The London Gazette. 21 May 1867. p. 2929.
- ^ "No. 26327". The London Gazette. 20 September 1892. p. 5352.