Received his professional training at Owens College and the Royal School, Manchester. He was from 1870-1872 Resident Medical Officer at the Manchester Royal Infirmary in charge of the medical and fever wards, and in this capacity he displayed a memorable ability and devotion to duty. For many years he was Hon Physician to the Manchester Northern Hospital for Diseases of Women and Children, and was Consulting Physician at the time of his death, having always taken great interest in the institution. A local Manchester paper said of him: "Personally Dr Buckley was a man of quiet, genial temperament and high-bred courtesy, which made it a real pleasure and charm to hold converse with him." His favourite recreation was fishing, which he enjoyed in the West of Ireland. Well known in Manchester and the neighbourhood, he died at his residence, Broadhurst, Bury Old Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, on May 30th, 1910. His town address was 72 Bridge Street, and he was at one time Medical Officer of Health for the Crumpsall Union and Prestwich Rural Districts, and was at various times President of the Manchester Medical Clinical and Medical Ethics Societies and of the North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society. He was also Medical Referee under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Publications: "Uterine Fibroid and Omental Cholesterine Cyst Removed by Abdominal Section." - *Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1885, i, 994. "Double Pyosalpinx and Abscess of one Ovary Removed by Abdominal Section." - *N. of Eng. Obst. and Gynaecol. Trans.*, 1895.