Lewis William Buck
[2] A full-length portrait of Lewis William Buck by Francis Grant (1803–1878) was presented to him by the people of North Devon after he had served eighteen years as their MP, now displayed in the billiards room of Hartland Abbey, with his electioneering posters on each side.
[12] It was not however with vacant possession as still occupied until her death by Thomas Morrison's aunt Bettina Lawley (d.1833), widow of Col. Paul II Orchard (1739–1812), MP, of Hartland Abbey.
Hooper Morrison of Yeo Vale, Alwington,[13] Devon, by his wife Charlotte Orchard[14] (d.1791) (whose monument survives in the Yeo Vale Chapel (north aisle) of Alwington Church[15]), a sister and in her issue heiress of Paul II Orchard (1739–1812)[16] of Hartland Abbey[17] and sister-in-law of George II Buck (1731–1794), thus great-aunt of Lewis Buck.
He had a distinguished political career and it is believed that had he lived long enough to serve under Disraeli's premiership he would have been made a minister and peer, and thus the honour of a baronetcy awarded to his son was in some way a recompense.
His mural monument survives on the east wall of the south transept of St Helen's Church, Abbotsham, Devon, inscribed as follows: "This tablet is erected by his affectionate wife to the memory of her beloved husband lewis William Buck Esquire of Moreton and Hartland Abbey whose remains are interred near this place.
The heraldic escutcheon above displays the following arms with hatching: Baron: Quarterly of four: impaling Femme: per pale argent and sable, a fleur-de-lys between two flaunches each charged with a fleur-de-lys all counterchanged (Robbins) Crests: 1st: Between a buck's attires as in the arms sable a lion rampant or the sinister paw holding a battle-axe resting on the shoulder proper (Buck);[27] 2nd: A dexter cubit arm issuing from a mural crown habited azure adorned with three fleur-de-lis or, 1 and 2, the cuff turned up ermine holding in the hand proper a branch of a pear tree with pear attached thereto as in the field (Orchard).
