Edward Charles Buck

He was educated in Norwich and at Oakham School and later studied at Clare College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

[3] Along with Lockwood Kipling and others he was involved in the promotion of arts, including the use of photography for documentation.

[5] He was keen outdoorsman and one of his hobbies was "to plunge with a native hunter into a Himalayan forest, which he would penetrate before the dawn of day".

From 1882 to 1896 he resided at The Retreat in Mashobra, sharing it for some years with Courtenay Ilbert and also with Earl Roberts when he was Commander-in-Chief.

His nephew, Sir Edward John Buck (1862-1948), was for many years a Reuters correspondent in India.

Sir Edward Charles Buck
Buck (second from left) with J. O'Brien Saunders, his nephew Edward John Buck and Charles Lyall in Shimla , 1880s.
Buck (standing, left) with the Marquess of Lansdowne (seated at centre), and other Indian Civil Service officers, c. 1890.