Frederick Bucknall

Frederick Estcourt Bucknall (6 July 1835 – 4 June 1896) was an English-born Australian publican, brewer, and politician.

Life

Bucknall was a member of the Estcourts of Estcourt, an influential old family, in the counties of Gloucester and Wiltshire, but born in London, where his father, William Bucknall of Crutched Friars, was Commodore of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.

Shortly after he arrived in South Australia around 1860

In 1878, Bucknall and Arthur Harvey (later to be his parliamentary colleague) formed the Grange Land and Investment Company to develop the suburb of The Grange.

The business prospered, and he became a wealthy man. In 1883, he built a magnificent mansion, "Estcourt House," on the seafront between The Grange and Glanville. He and Mrs. Bucknall went on a visit to England. While they were away, the land boom turned to bust, and with the failure of the Commercial Bank of South Australia in 1886, he lost much of his fortune. as a colleague of W. H. Bean, and was elected for another three years in 1884 with Arthur Harvey (died 25 January 1902) with a break 1885–1886 while he visited England for his health.

Civic life Bucknall was Mayor of Hindmarsh in 1881, 1882, and 1883, a position he filled with distinction.

Other interests In his youth, he was a boxer, athlete, and president of the Hindmarsh Cricket Club, of which he was patron for over ten years before his death.

He was secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association for some time and president for six years. In recognition of this service, he was made a life member.

He was an excellent musician and was, at one time, an organist of the South Australian Grand Lodge of Freemasons, of which he was a member. he married Rosa Haussen (née Catchlove) (7 December 1840 ), the widow of brewer Henry Herman Haussen (1830–1870); her children by her first husband included: Emily Mary Haussen (4 May 1859 – 1914) on 20 April 1881 Rosa Henrietta Haussen (2 November 1860 – 29 November 1915) on 11 March 1884 Ellen Florence Haussen (12 April 1862 – 9 February 1878) Ada Haussen (3 February 1864 – 29 December 1952) Amelia Haussen (26 January 1869 – ) on 8 April 1890 Frederick George Haussen (21 April 1867 – 10 August 1875) on 18 June 1890 Children by her marriage to Bucknall were three daughters and a son, born in Adelaide, South Australia

Louisa Bucknall (29 October 1875 Isabelle Bucknall (c.1880 – 29 August 1946). The building was the prominent location for the 1990 movie Struck by Lightning.