R. J. Buckley

Robert Johnson Buckley
Born1847
Monaghan, Ireland
Died26 December 1938
Birmingham, England
Occupations
  • journalist
  • organist
  • music critic
  • author
Spouses
  • Mary Parke
  • Mary Rankin
  • Mary Wakelin
Children
  • Robert Parke Buckley
  • Margaret Buckley
  • Gertrude Buckley
  • Jessie Buckley
  • Harry Buckley
  • F. R. Buckley

Robert John Buckley (FRCO), was born 14 July 1847 at Monaghan, Ireland was an English music critic, composer and author.[1][2] He died 26 December 1938 at his home in Sandford road, Moseley.[1][2]

Buckley was married thrice and had seven children.[2] One of his children was film critic, writer, actor and BBC radio personality and Television presenter F. R. Buckley.[3]

St Mary's Church, Gun Quarter, Birmingham
  1. ^ a b "Doyen of Music Critics". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Warwickshire, England. 27 December 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Death of Birmingham Doyen of English Music Critics". Evening Despatch. 27 December 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 26 August 2022.Open access icon
  3. ^ "A Birmingham Man's Boyhood Memories". Sunday Mercury. 24 July 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2022.}Open access icon