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Encyclopedia > William F. Buckley, Sr.

William Frank Buckley, Sr. is most well known as the father of William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of National Review magazine. William F. Buckley William Frank Buckley Jr. ... National Review (NR) is a conservative political magazine founded by author William F. Buckley Jr. ...


Buckley, who was born in San Diego, Texas, in the United States, made his name as a lawyer to oil wildcatters in Tampico, Tamaulipas, in Mexico, during the 1910s. When revolutionaries began to demand taxes from them and attack the Catholic Church, Buckley joined the counterrevolutionaries, who attempted to stage a coup in Mexico City. They were not successful. San Diego is a city located in Texas. ... El Puente Tampico (finished in October 1988) links the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz and is a major element in the Gulf of Mexico highway system. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... A graphical timeline is available here: Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Many portions of this article are translations of excerpts from the article Revolución Mexicana in the Spanish Wikipedia. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México, México D.F. or simply México, pronounced IPA: ) is the capital city of the nation of Mexico. ...


Expelled permanently from Mexico for his ultraclerical counterrevolutionary activities, he bought the Great Elm property in Sharon, Connecticut, built in 1763. Its distinguishing feature was the Great Elm, the largest elm tree in the state. Later, in the 1930s, he hit a rich oil deposit in Venezuela and founded the Pantepec Consolidated Company of Venezuela. With this financial success, he added a large extension onto his house on the Great Elm property. Sharon is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the northwest corner of the state. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Species See text. ...


Buckley's faith and desire to educate his ten children were strong features of his life. He was a staunch Roman Catholic who raised his children in the same tradition. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...


He brought up his children to speak both Spanish and French fluently, and brought in professors to teach them about different subjects. He then sent all of his sons to Yale University. Apart from William, James L. Buckley also became famous by being elected to the U.S. Senate from New York State representing the Conservative Party of New York. Yale redirects here. ... James Buckley James Lane Buckley (born March 9, 1923 in New York City) was a United States Senator from the Conservative Party of New York State from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1977. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The Conservative Party of New York is an American political party active only in the state of New York. ...


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William F. Buckley, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2005 words)
Buckley was born in New York City to lawyer and oil baron William Frank Buckley, Sr.
Buckley's younger brother, Fergus Reid Buckley, is an author, debate-master, and founder of the Buckley School of Public Speaking.
Another of Buckley's brothers, James L. Buckley, is a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (retired 2000), and a former U.S. Senator from New York.
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