Background
Bucknall was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
Bucknall was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
He was educated at Eton College, where he stroked the Eton boat, and then went to Merton College, Oxford.
In 1905, he stroked the winning Oxford boat in the Boat Race. He stroked a Clube Naval de Lisboa team that for the first time beat the English rowers of Carcavelos Club. They spent one week at Sarilhos Pequenos, in his father"s property, training for the race.
After university, Bucknall joined a ship building firm in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Bucknall died in Northumberland at the age of 76.