Her crew abandoned her in the North Atlantic in October 1822 and she was wrecked in November when she drifted ashore at Galway Bay, Ireland.

[7] B y the next year her owner was Leitch & Co. Lannark Society settlers to Canada: On 2 May 1821 Earl of Buckinghamshire ran aground at Bray Head, Ireland, during a fog.

[9] An extract from an earlier edition of a book provides detailed information on the provisions on Earl of Buckinghamshire for the settlers, and some incidents from the voyage.

[12] On 6 October 1822 Earl of Buckinghamshire was sailing from Quebec for Greenock when a tremendous gale wrecked her and washed two crewmen overboard.

[14] Although there was a report that Earl of Buckinghamshire had arrived in the Clyde,[14] on 5 November the abandoned ship drifted on shore at Galway Bay and went to pieces.