Of Hartland Abbey and Affeton, Devon, the son of George Stucley Buck; educated at Blundell's School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was a Tory M.P. for Exeter (1826-32) and North Devon (1839-57).

REFERENCES TO Lewis William Buck:

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 7 December 1836 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)