Sir John Buck or Sir John Bucke (c. 1566 – c. 1648) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1601. Bucke was the son of Francis Bucke of The Nash, Kempsey, Worcestershire and first cousin of George Wylde through their Wall grandparents. He matriculated at

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under date 25 February 1581, aged 15. He entered

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in 1586. From 1591 he fought in the Netherlands campaign with the English army under Sir

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. The following year he was in charge of a company of infantry and fought with distinction notably at the Siege of Steenwijk. In 1601, he was elected

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for

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. He was knighted on 23 July 1603. ''He also possessed Hamby Grange, Lincolnshire''.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester''
/ref> Bucke died at the age of about 81.

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1560s births 1648 deaths English MPs 1601 Members of the Parliament of England for Droitwich {{17thC-England-MP-stub