George Barlee

He was born in 1794, to the Reverend William Buckle (1759–1830) and his wife Anne (née Smith; died 1800) of Wrentham in Suffolk.

[1] Barlee's siblings who survived to adulthood were his older sister Anne (born 1791) who later married the Reverend Frederick Beatty of Dublin,[2] and a younger brother, Thomas Dalling (born 1796), a Royal Navy Midshipman who was wounded in action on the HMS Amelia on 7 February 1813,[3] and later published a volume of poetry.

[10] One day while walking on Paignton beach after a storm he noticed a mother and daughter collecting shells and asked if he could assist them, finding some solace in the activity.

[10] While Barlee seldom published upon his own discoveries, he shared his specimens with friends and colleagues, and so made notable contributions to the works of other naturalists.

Barlee is credited as a friend and contributor in the work of John Gwyn Jeffreys,[12] James Scott Bowerbank[13] and Alfred Merle Norman.