Nathaniel Buckley (1821 – 23 March 1892) was a British landowner,

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owner and

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politician. In November 1855 he was elected Mayor of

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. At the 1868 general election he was Liberal candidate for the constituency of

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, but was defeated by his

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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. The by-election was held on 28 February and Buckley won the seat by 208 votes. By the 1870s, Buckley was a millionaire. In 1873, he purchased the Galtee estate of the

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, near

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. 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

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, which were consequently amended. Buckley was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in 1867. At the 1874 general election Buckley was defeated by the Conservative candidate, Thomas Harrop Sidebottom. He did not return to parliament. At the time of his death, aged 71, in 1892, he had residences at Alderdale Lodge,

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and

Galtee Castle Galtee Castle was a mansion that was situated on the foothills of the Galtee Mountains at Skeheenarinky in County Tipperary, Ireland approximately 10 km. from Mitchelstown. Origins The original structure was built as a hunting lodge fo ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Nathaniel 1821 births 1892 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English people of Irish descent UK MPs 1868–1874 Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire British textile industry businesspeople