Lieutenant Commander Sir Richard Buckley, KCVO, FRGS 1928-2022

 Lieutenant Commander Sir Richard Buckley, KCVO, FRGS, retired naval officer and courtier, died 31 January, 2022. He was 94.

Peter Richard Buckley was born in 1928. He entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1945 and served until retiring in 1961 with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. That year, he joined the household of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent, as their Private Secretary, serving until retirement in 1989.

Buckley was appointed a Member (Fourth Class) of the Royal Victorian Order in 1968, and promoted to Commander in 1973 and Knight Commander in 1982. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1999. A freemason, he served as Master of the Lodge of Assistance, United Grand Lodge of England, in 1967.

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