Background
He was born on 16 October 1872 in Wimbledon, Surrey the son of Thomas Walter Buckmaster (1845–1873) and Emma Caroline Venables (1848–1875).
He was born on 16 October 1872 in Wimbledon, Surrey the son of Thomas Walter Buckmaster (1845–1873) and Emma Caroline Venables (1848–1875).
Buckmaster was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He played association football for both Repton and Cambridge and was a member and later Captain of the Cambridge polo team The trophy was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. They had two daughters, Eulalie Agnes Selby in 1901 and Beryl Evelyn Tracey in 1904.
Although he was over age (42), he served in the Great War (1914-1918) in the Service Sanitaire (Ambulance), attached to the French Army.
Buckmaster lived initially in London"s Mayfair at addresses in South and Stratton Streets during the war years and early 1920s. In 1928 moved to the country living at Moreton Manor, Moreton Morrell and became Master of the Warwickshire Foxhounds.
He died on 30 October 1942 at Warwick aged 70.
Buckmaster was a member of the winning team in the International Polo Cup, (also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup) in 1902 playing at Hurlingham.