ulation . ▁Buck ley ▁was ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁ten ▁children , ▁including ▁William ▁F . ▁Buck ley , ▁Jr ., ▁the ▁author ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁National ▁Review ▁magazine , ▁and ▁of ▁James ▁L . ▁Buck ley , ▁a ▁U . S . ▁Senator ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁( 1 9 7 1 – 1 9 7 7 ). ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁grand father ▁of ▁Christopher ▁Buck ley , ▁an ▁author ▁and ▁humor ist . ▁ ▁Early ▁life , ▁parents ▁and ▁sib lings ▁Buck ley ▁was ▁born ▁the ▁fourth ▁of ▁eight ▁children ▁in ▁Washington - on - the - B raz os , ▁Texas , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Mary ▁Ann ▁Lang ford ▁and ▁John ▁C . ▁Buck ley . ▁His ▁parents ▁had ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Texas ▁from ▁Hamilton , ▁Ontario , ▁Canada ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁Both ▁of ▁their ▁families ▁had ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Canada ▁from ▁Ireland , ▁from ▁L imer ick ▁and ▁C ork , ▁respectively . ▁Lang ford ▁is ▁a ▁name ▁of ▁English ▁or ▁Norman ▁origin , ▁while ▁Buck ley ▁is ▁an ▁ang lic ized ▁version ▁of ▁O ▁Bu ach alla , ▁a ▁surname ▁quite ▁common ▁in ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁the ▁family ▁re located ▁from ▁Washington - on - the - B raz os ▁to ▁San ▁Diego , ▁Du val ▁County , ▁Texas , ▁where ▁John ▁Buck ley ▁was ▁a ▁business man ▁who ▁worked ▁in ▁mer ch and ising , ▁politics ▁and ▁sheep ▁raising . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁several ▁times ▁as