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The Reverend Father Edmund Buckley was a Roman Catholic priest and educationist.

The parish priest of Our Lady of Salette and St Joseph, Melior Street, Southwark,[1][2][3] he was elected to the London School Board in 1888 and 1891 to represent Southwark.[4][5] He retired from the board at the 1894 election.[6]

An obituary in The Tablet [1].

For his namesake and near contemporary, the MP, see the Wikipedia page [2].

References

  1. Sadliers' Catholic directory, almanac and clergy list quarterly, 1881
  2. Sadliers' Catholic directory, almanac and ordo, 1891
  3. The Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List, Volume 18, 1904
  4. "The London School Board. Result of the Polls". The Morning Post: p. 53. 28 November 1888. 
  5. "The London School Board. Result of the Poll". The Daily News. 28 November 1891. 
  6. "The London School Board Election. Result of the Poll". The Daily News. 24 November 1894. 
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