Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley ( – 18 May 1896) was a New Zealand soldier, lawyer, statesman, and judge who held several high government posts in
Wellington
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in the early 1890s.
Early life
Buckley was probably born in 1840 or 1841, near
Castletownshend, County Cork, Ireland.
He was educated at the
Mansion House School, Cork;
St. Colman's College,
Paris
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; the
Irish College in Paris
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; and the
Catholic University,
Leuven. Buckley was in Leuven when the
Piedmont
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ese invaded the
Papal States
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in 1860, and at the request of Count
Carlo MacDonnell, Private Chamberlain to
Pope Pius IX, he brought the recruits of the
Irish Papal Brigade from
Ostend
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to
Vienna
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, where they were placed under representatives of the Holy See. He served under General
Lamoricière, and after the war returned to Ireland.
Australia
He emigrated to Queensland in 1862, where he completed his legal studies and was admitted to the bar.
New Zealand
After a short residence in Queensland he settled in New Zealand in 1865, and began his law practice in Wellington. Soon after his arrival, he became a member of the
Wellington Provincial Council
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. He first represented the Karori and Mākara electorate (1872–1873), and then the City of Wellington electorate (1873–1876). He was called to the
Legislative Council on 23 July 1878, where he served to 20 December 1895 when he resigned. He was
Colonial Secretary (1884–1887) and leader of the Upper House in the
second Stout-Vogel Ministry, and
Attorney-General
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In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
(1891-1895) and Colonial Secretary (1891-1895) in the
Ballance and
Seddon ministries. Under
John Ballance
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, he was also briefly Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner in 1891, but he was soon succeeded by
Joseph Ward
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. Under
Richard Seddon
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, he was also
Minister of Marine
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in 1893. He was leader of an overwhelmingly opposition Upper House under the
Liberal Government Liberal government may refer to:
Australia
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from 1891 until 1895, when he accepted the position of Judge of the Supreme Court. He was created Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George in the
1892 Birthday Honours.
On 3 April 1869 he married Alice Jane, the only daughter of
Sir William FitzHerbert.
He had land in the Wellington suburb of
Melrose. Buckley Road, Melrose is named after him.
He died at
Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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