Background
Buckmaster was the elder son of Owen Buckmaster, 2nd Viscount Buckmaster, a barrister and Lloyd"s underwriter, and his first wife, Joan Simpson.
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Martin Viscount Buckmaster
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He was educated at Stowe School.
Career
He sat on the crossbenches in the House of Lords from 1974. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the Royal Sussex Regiment straight from school. He served in the Middle East and was promoted to captain.
He was demobilised in 1946 and joined the Foreign Office, using his experience of the Middle East to good effect.
He was a political officer in Abu Dhabi from 1955 to 1958, and then First Secretary at the British embassy in Libya until 1963. After serving in Bahrain, he moved to Kampala to become First Secretary in Uganda from 1969 to 1971.
He later served in Beirut and Yemen, retiring in 1981. He was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1979.
He became Viscount Buckmaster on his father"s death in 1974, his father having inherited the title in 1934.
He took a seat on the crossbenches in the House of Lords, speaking mainly on matters relating to Middle East. He was vice-chairman of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding. A committed Christian, he also spoke on issues of public morality.
He did not marry.
Colin John Buckmaster.
Membership
He was a member of the Conservative Family Campaign, and a patron of the Christian Broadcasting Council.
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Political Party
Conservative