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Herbert Buckmaster | |
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| Born | Herbert John Buckmaster 21 November 1881 Ramsgate, Kent, England |
| Died | 14 October 1966 (aged 84) Wargrave, Berkshire, England |
| Occupation | Cavalry officer |
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| Children | 2, including John R. Buckmaster |
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Herbert John Buckmaster (21 November 1881 – 14 October 1966), known as Buck,[1] was an English soldier. He was the first husband of actress Gladys Cooper (1888–1971) and the father of actor John R. Buckmaster (1915–1983).
He was educated at Sherborne School, then Eton College. He served in the Boer War[2] and in France during WW I, from early 1915[3] for three-and-a-half years.[4]
He founded Buck's Club,[5] whence the name "Buck's Fizz" originated.[6]
Early life
editAttended Sherborne School (Abbeylands) during 1896-1900.[7]
Career
editMilitary career
editBuck’s Club
editPersonal life
editHis first marriage was to Gladys Cooper (1888–1971), on 12 December 1908 at St George's, Hanover Square.[8] The couple had two children: Joan (1910–2005), who married the actor Robert Morley, and John Rodney (1915–1983). His second marriage was to Nellie Taylor (1894–1932), on 2 October 1923 at the registry office in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.[9][10][11] She died of leukaemia in 1932.[12] On 4 July 1940, he married Grace Lowrey Stanley (1907–1977) in Woking, Surrey; she was the second daughter of Lord Stanley and formerly married in 1928 to Edward James Barford, whom she divorced in 1940.[13]
Works
edit- Buck's Book : Ventures — Adventures and Misadventures (1933)
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Morley 1979, p. 21.
- ^ Morley 1979, p. 20.
- ^ Morley 1979, p. 53.
- ^ Morley 1979, p. 75.
- ^ Morley 1979, p. 76.
- ^ Old Shirburnian Society.
- ^ Sherborne alumni.
- ^ Morley 1979, pp. 27–28.
- ^ Buckmaster 1933, pp. 240–241.
- ^ TopFoto, 2015.
- ^ St. Martin at UKBMD.
- ^ Morley 1979, p. 133.
- ^ V&A Lafayette, 1989.
- ^ Cooper 1931, pp. 001–002.
- ^ Morley 2017, pp. 001–002.
- ^ Stokes 1953, pp. 001–002.
Sources
editBooks
edit- Buckmaster, Herbert (1933). Buck's Book : Ventures — Adventures and Misadventures (hardcover) (First ed.). London: Grayson & Grayson.
- Cooper, Gladys (1931). Gladys Cooper (hardcover). London: Hutchinson.
- Morley, Sheridan (1979). Gladys Cooper : A Biography (hardcover). London: Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-434-47896-5.
- Morley, Sheridan (2017) [First published 1993]. Robert My Father : A Personal Biography of Robert Morley (softcover). London: Dean Street Press. ISBN 978-1-911579-49-6.
- Stokes, Sewell (1953). Without Veils : The Intimate Biography of Gladys Cooper (hardcover). Introduction by W. Somerset Maugham. London: Peter Davies.
Newspapers and magazines
editWebsites
edit- Hassal, Rachel. "Herbert Buckmaster: the man who put the 'Buck' into Buck's Fizz". oldshirburnian.org.uk. The Old Shirburnian Society. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "Alumni : Herbert Buckmaster (1881-1966)". sherborne.org. Sherborne School. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "Wedding of Captain Herbert Buckmaster and Miss Nellie Taylor at St Martin Registry". artprintsforpleasure.com. TopFoto. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "St. Martin Registry District". ukbmd.org.uk. UK Births, Marriages, Deaths on the internet. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- "The marriage of Hon. Grace Lowrey Stanley to Mr Edward James Barford M.C." lafayette.org.uk. The V&A Lafayette Negative Archive. 1989. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
External links
edit- Coulter, Steven (14 October 2019). "Herbert John "Buck" Buckmaster". Memorials. Find a Grave.