Education
Buck was educated at The King"s School, Ely and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied Law and History and was the chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association as the successor to Geoffrey Howe.
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He then trained as a barrister and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1954, becoming a prominent criminal lawyer and a Queen"s Counsel in 1974. He was elected Member of Parliament for Colchester in a 1961 by-election. Buck then lost his place on the executive of the 1922 Committee, although he later regained lieutenant
Nevertheless, he remained a perceptive observer of defence policy, opposing the closure of Colchester"s military hospital and other cuts.
He was also chairman of the Parliamentary Ombudsman Committee. He was held in high regard by his constituency party and continued to serve as the Member of Parliament for Colchester until 1983 when he became Member of Parliament for Colchester North after boundary changes.
He retired from parliament in 1992.
Politics
A strong supporter of the modernising Conservatism championed by Edward Heath, Buck served as the Under-Secretary for Defence from 1972 to 1974 with responsibility for the Royal Navy, but his fortunes declined when Heath lost the election in 1974, and he managed the unsuccessful leadership campaign for his old friend Geoffrey Howe.
Membership
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament. 44th United Kingdom Parliament.
45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament. 47th United Kingdom Parliament.
48th United Kingdom Parliament. 49th United Kingdom Parliament.
50th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Political Party
Conservative Party