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Herbert Buckmaster
Born
Herbert John Buckmaster

(1881-11-21)21 November 1881
Ramsgate, Kent, England
Died14 October 1966(1966-10-14) (aged 84)
Wargrave, Berkshire, England
OccupationCavalry officer
Spouses
  • Gladys Cooper (1908–1921)
  • Nellie Taylor (1923–1932)
  • Grace Stanley (1940–1966)
Children2, including John R. Buckmaster
Relatives

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

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Attended Sherborne School (Abbeylands) during 1896-1900.[7]

Career

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Military career

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Buck’s Club

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Personal life

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His 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]

  • Ref for Cooper (1931).[14]
  • Ref for Morley (2017).[15]
  • Ref for Stokes (1953).[16]

Works

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  • Buck's Book : Ventures — Adventures and Misadventures (1933)

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Morley 1979, p. 21.
  2. ^ Morley 1979, p. 20.
  3. ^ Morley 1979, p. 53.
  4. ^ Morley 1979, p. 75.
  5. ^ Morley 1979, p. 76.
  6. ^ Old Shirburnian Society.
  7. ^ Sherborne alumni.
  8. ^ Morley 1979, pp. 27–28.
  9. ^ Buckmaster 1933, pp. 240–241.
  10. ^ TopFoto, 2015.
  11. ^ St. Martin at UKBMD.
  12. ^ Morley 1979, p. 133.
  13. ^ V&A Lafayette, 1989.
  14. ^ Cooper 1931, pp. 001–002.
  15. ^ Morley 2017, pp. 001–002.
  16. ^ Stokes 1953, pp. 001–002.

Sources

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Books

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  • 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

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Websites

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