Nathaniel Buckley (1821 – 23 March 1892)[1] was a British landowner, cotton mill owner and Liberal Party politician.
[2] At the 1868 general election he was Liberal candidate for the constituency of Stalybridge, but was defeated by his Conservative opponent, James Sidebottom.
Initially the local Liberal Party selected the Honourable Edward Lyuth Stanley as their candidate, but following a number of delegations of "working men", Buckley was chosen.
This led to a great deal of agrarian unrest, evictions and an attempted assassination of Buckley's land agent.
[citation needed] At the time of his death, aged 71, in 1892, he had residences at Alderdale Lodge, Droylsden, Lancashire and Galtee Castle, County Cork.