[1] Buckley was born in Yorkshire, Northern England, and was the son of a wool merchant.

He initially worked as a merchant but soon made a substantial fortune and purchased pastoral land near Queanbeyan.

[1] The area which is now Queensland was part of New South Wales when responsible self-government was initially granted to that colony in 1856.

At the first election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Buckley won the seat of Stanley County which was based on the hinterland of Brisbane.

[4] A number of street names in the Brisbane suburb of Carina Heights are identical to the surnames of former Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.