General manager of Crystal Palace 1914-49. Henry James Buckland was born in Maidstone. Lived at Rockhills, 1922-56. Knighted in 1931. Died Bromley, Kent.
The Palace burnt down in 1936 and Buckland was involved in , which ultimately came to very little. Buckland resigned as General Manager on 11 January 1949.
The picture is captioned: "Sir Henry Buckland ... helps workmen to pull down the last of the ironwork in the central transept after a controlled explosion, 15th July 1937." Looks like fun.
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Sir Henry Buckland
On this site stood Rockhills, the home of Sir Joseph Paxton MP, 1852 - 1865, ...
Judge. Chairman of Committee at the Royal Free Hospital in 1895.
Member of the Chelsea Vestry Hall Building Committee in 1885. From National Archives: In 1871 Lawrence's daughter, Isabella, married George William Osborn, who in 1885 was Chairman of the Vestry.
Created in 1900 from the parish of St Marylebone. In 1965 it joined Paddington, and Westminster to form the City of Westminster.
Churchwarden of Holy Trinity, Hoxton, before 1994.
From British History Online: Master of the Haberdashers Company 1833-4 and leading force in the rebuilding of Aske’s Hospital 1826. We have found some links between this politician and the Haberda...
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