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British Archdeacon
A.K.A.
Robert Bentley Buckle
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Male
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Birth:
6 January 1802
Death:
27 May 1889
The details
Biography
Robert Bentley Buckle (6 January 1802 – 1893) was Archdeacon of Dorsetfrom 1836 to 1862.
Buckle was born on 6 January 1802, the fourth son of Edward Buckle of Sowerby, Yorkshire. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating BA as 4th Wrangler in 1824. He was elected a Fellow of St John's in 1826. He was Rector of Moreton, Dorset until 1836; and then of Upwey in the same county. He was also a Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral.