William F. Buckley, Jr.

William Frank Buckley Jr. (born November 24, 1925), an American author and journalist, founded National Review, a prominent conservative political magazine, in 1955, and the award-winning television show Firing Line in 1966. He often is credited as the godfather of modern American conservatism.

Family

• When Buckley was a young man, his father, William F. Buckley, Sr., was an acquaintance of libertarian author Albert Jay Nock.
• Buckley's son, Christopher Taylor Buckley, is an author, essayist, and humorist.
• Buckley's younger brother, Fergus Reid Buckley, is an author, debate-master, and founder of the Buckley School of Public Speaking.
• Another of Buckley's brothers, James L. Buckley, is a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and a former U.S. Senator from New York.
• Buckley co-authored a book, McCarthy and His Enemies, with his brother-in-law, attorney Brent Bozell Jr. (Bozell married Buckley's sister, Patricia Buckley). Bozell's son, L. Brent Bozell, III, is an author, political commentator, and founder of the Media Research Center.