Albert Buckley

Lt.-Col. Albert Buckley (10 April 1877 – 13 November 1965) was a British Conservative politician and businessman.

Early life and education Buckley was born in Great Crosby, Lancashire, the son of wool broker William Buckley and Mary Hannah Buckley. His father was a nephew of Edmund Buckley and became a partner in his firm. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby and Aldenham School. He retired from politics at the 1923 general election and never returned to the House of Commons.

A wool broker by trade, Buckley was a partner in the family firm of Edmund Buckley & Co. He was also chairman and later president of Morris and Jones, Ltd., wholesale grocers in Liverpool. He was chairman of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce from 1924 to 1928 and served on the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board from 1928 to 1951. He was a magistrate for the city of Liverpool.

Buckley was also chairman of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, the Liverpool Gas Company, the Birkenhead Brewery Company, Ltd., and the Bury Felt Manufacturing Company.

Personal life Buckley married Elsie Juanita Fisher in 1919. They had three sons and two daughters. He died in November 1965, aged 88, at his home in Hoylake, Cheshire.