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FROM A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ROYAL NAVY ITEMS BELONGING TO ADMIRAL MATTHEW BUCKLE SENIOR, (1716 – 1784), AND HIS SON, ADMIRAL BUCKLE (1770 – 1855). SOLD OFF SEVERAL YEARS AGO FROM THE FAMILY SEAT, NORTH HOUSE IN SURREY. MANY FROM THE BUCKLE FAMILY HAD LONG HISTORICAL CARRIERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY INCLUDING THE SON OF THE SECOND ADMIRAL, ADMIRAL SIR CLAUDE BUCKLE. AS SUCH, THE THE HOUSE OF THE FAMILY ESTATE DISPLAYED MANY FINE ROYAL NAVAL THEMED PCITURE DEPICTING THEMSELVE, AND GREAT ROYAL NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. THE FIRST ADMIRAL BUCKLE DIED, A FULL ADMIRAL, 7TH JULY 1784. HIS FIRST ACTION WAS THE CAPTURE OF THE SPANISH SHIP, GLORIOSO IN 1747. WENT ON TO COMMAND, HMS THE ROYAL GEORGE. TOOK PART IN THE ATTACK ON HAVANA IN 1762. MUCH INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ROYAL NAVY BUCKLE FAMILY ON-LINE.

A LARGE OIL PAINTING BY MATTEW SHEPPERSON IN 1840. MOST PROBABLY COMMISSIONED BY THE 3RD ARMIRAL BUCKLE WHO TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN TEH FAMILY NAVAL HISTORY. WITH MUCH DETAIL TO THE BACK INLUDING A DESCRIPTION TO THE TOP, “ADMIRAL MATTHEW BUCKLE OF NORTH HOUSE, SURREY, BORN 1716, DIED A FULL ADMIRAL, 7TH JULY 1784″.  WITH DETAILS OF THE PICTURE BELOW WHICH STATES, ” FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE POSSESSION OF LORD FALMOUTH, PAINTED BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1758 AND 1767. COPIED IN 1840 BY MATTHEW SHEPPERSON.”. THE CANVAS HELD IN  A LARGE PINE FRAME, 1275 BY 1018 MM. A SMALL TEAR TO THE LOWER MIDDLE AREA, BUT THIS WOULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED BY APPLYING A PATCH TO THE BACK.