John Buckle Barlee (2 June 1831 – August 1870) was an English

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who won the

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. Barlee was born at West Chillington,

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, the son of Rev. William Barlee, rector of West Chillington and his wife Margaret. They belonged to a branch of the Buckle family which took the name of Barlee. Barlee was educated at

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and was Tancred Student in 1850. He never took part in the

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but won the University rowing pairs and the

in 1853 partnering Robert Gordon. Barlee went into the army where he was in the Commissariat department, and was assistant commissary-general to HM Forces. Barlee died in the Penzance district at the age of 39. He left a widow and children, including an elder son Dr. Hobart J. W. Barlee, who married on 1 January 1903 Amy Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Thomas Scott, of Singapore.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barlee, John Buckle 1831 births 1870 deaths Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge British male rowers