Individual Details

James Francis Hughes BUCKLEY JP, MA, FSA

(Abt 1869 - 11 Mar 1924)

Events

BirthAbt 1869Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Baptism17 Mar 1869St Paul's Church, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Residence1871with his parents - Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Breconshire
Residence1881as a boarder - Christ College, Brecon, Breconshire
Marriage21 Apr 1896Trinity Parish Church, Paddington, London - Edith Cornelia Yoi CROSSE
Military1899 - 1902with the 34th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry as a captain - South Africa
Divorce24 Aug 1910The High Court of Justice, London - Edith Cornelia Yoi CROSSE
Residence1911Castell Gorfod, St Clears, Carmarthenshire
Occupation1911director of Buckleys Brewery and landowner - Castell Gorfod, St Clears, Carmarthenshire
ResidenceAbt 1923Claradine House, Pendine, Carmarthenshire
Death11 Mar 1924The Grand Hotel Eden, Montreux, Switzerland
Probate24 Jun 1924Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Families

SpouseEdith Cornelia Yoi CROSSE (1878 - 1944)
FatherJames BUCKLEY JP (1838 - 1895)
MotherMarianne Hughes JOSEPH (1847 - 1894)
SiblingJoseph Henry Prichard BUCKLEY (1870 - 1891)
SiblingLady Blanche Elizabeth Wedge BUCKLEY (1872 - 1965)
SiblingGwladys Marianne Child BUCKLEY (1877 - 1922)
SiblingKatherine Eleanor Roe "Rose" BUCKLEY (1880 - 1916)

Notes

Divorce

Due to Edith's adultery with Sir Fitzroy Coleridge Arthur Kennard, 1st Baronet.

Probate

Probate was granted to Richard Austin Nevill, Lieutenant Colonel HM Army DSO, DSL and Martin Rees Richards, solicitor. His effects were valued at £57526 (£1,724,054.22 in 2005).