Benjamin Buckler

Benjamin Buckler (1716 or 1717 – 24 December 1780) was an antiquarian and an academic at the University of Oxford.

Life Buckler, from Warminster in Wiltshire, studied at Oriel College, Oxford, from 1733 onwards. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1736 and his Master of Arts degree in 1739; he was also elected that year to a fellowship of All Souls College. After ordination, he was vicar of Cumnor in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and rector of Frilsham, also in Berkshire. He was a good friend of the lawyer William Blackstone (later the first Vinerian Professor of English Law), who was also a fellow of the college, and followed Blackstone as bursar of All Souls. They were seen as leaders of the Tory group at Oxford, who enabled Roger Newdigate's selection as Member of Parliament for the university constituency from 1750. Tories also helped to elect John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, as the university's Chancellor in 1759. Buckler himself was elected Keeper of the Archives of the university in 1777.