Patricia Buckley
| Patricia Buckley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Patricia Aldyen Austin Taylor July 1, 1926 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | April 15, 2007 (aged 80) Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Spouse(s) | William F. Buckley Jr. |
| Children | Christopher Buckley |
| Parent(s) |
Austin Cotterell Taylor Kathleen Elliott |
Patricia Aldyen Austin Taylor "Pat" Buckley (July 1, 1926 – April 15, 2007) was a Canadian socialite, noted for her fundraising activities and her height, at just under six feet. She was the wife of conservative writer and activist William F. Buckley, Jr. and the mother of writer/satirist Christopher Buckley, their only child.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a wealthy family, Patricia Taylor had tutors and attended Crofton House School. She was one of the three children of Austin Cotterell Taylor, a self-made industrialist, rich from lumber and mining. Her mother, Kathleen Elliott, daughter of the chief of police of Winnipeg, was a great beauty. Pat went to Vassar College in 1948 but left to marry William F. Buckley, Jr., the older brother of her Vassar roommate, Patricia Lee Buckley. (Patricia Lee Buckley later married L. Brent Bozell, Jr., and they were the parents of conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III.)
Aside from their home in Stamford, Connecticut, the Buckleys also had an Upper East Side duplex in Manhattan and leased the Chateau de Rougemont, a former monastery, near Gstaad, Switzerland, for winters. Her dark sense of humour was manifested when economist John Kenneth Galbraith brought Ted Kennedy to visit the Buckleys at Rougemont one winter. Kennedy asked if he could borrow a car to go back to Gstaad. Pat replied, "Certainly not—there are three bridges between here and Gstaad."
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