Buxton Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created in the surname of Buxton.
The Baronetcy Buxton of Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 November 1800 for Robert John Buxton. The Norfolk Buxtons are thought to have taken their name from the Norfolk village of that name and to have descended from Robert Buxton MP (1533-1607) an attorney in the service of Thomas Duke of Norfolk
. The first Baronet was the grandson of John Buxton who designed and built Shadwell Lodge at Rushford, Norfolk. He was Member of Parliament
for Thetford
1790-96 and for Great Bedwyn
1797-1806. His son, the second Baronet represented Great Bedwyn 1818-32 and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk
in 1841. His son , the third Baronet, was member for South Norfolk
1871-85 and High Sheriff in 1870. The Baronetcy was extinct on his death in 1888. His daughter sold the estates in 1898.
The Baronetcy Buxton of Belfield in the County of Dorset is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1841 for the brewer, Liberal
politician, anti-slavery campaigner, philanthropist, and social reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton. Three other members of the family have been elevated to the peerage. Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
was the son of Charles Buxton
, third son of the first Baronet. Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton was the second son of the third Baronet. Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa
, was the son Leland William Wilberforce Buxton (1884-1967), youngest son of the third Baronet.
The Baronetcy Buxton of Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 November 1800 for Robert John Buxton. The Norfolk Buxtons are thought to have taken their name from the Norfolk village of that name and to have descended from Robert Buxton MP (1533-1607) an attorney in the service of Thomas Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the premier earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and hereditary Marshal of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the...
. The first Baronet was the grandson of John Buxton who designed and built Shadwell Lodge at Rushford, Norfolk. He was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Thetford
Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868...
1790-96 and for Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Bedwyn was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-1295–1640:-1640–1832:Notes...
1797-1806. His son, the second Baronet represented Great Bedwyn 1818-32 and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk
High Sheriff of Norfolk
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in 1841. His son , the third Baronet, was member for South Norfolk
South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
South Norfolk is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1868 until 1885 it returned two members but thereafter elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
1871-85 and High Sheriff in 1870. The Baronetcy was extinct on his death in 1888. His daughter sold the estates in 1898.
The Baronetcy Buxton of Belfield in the County of Dorset is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1841 for the brewer, Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician, anti-slavery campaigner, philanthropist, and social reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton. Three other members of the family have been elevated to the peerage. Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton GCMG, PC was a British Liberal politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-Background and education:...
was the son of Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton was an English brewer, philanthropist, writer and Member of Parliament.Buxton was born in Cobham, Surrey, the third son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet, a notable brewer, MP and social reformer, and followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a partner in the brewery of Truman,...
, third son of the first Baronet. Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton was the second son of the third Baronet. Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa
Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa
Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa KCVO, MC, DL was a British soldier, politician, television executive and writer.-Career:...
, was the son Leland William Wilberforce Buxton (1884-1967), youngest son of the third Baronet.
Buxton of Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk (1800)
- Sir Robert John Buxton, 1st BaronetSir Robert Buxton, 1st BaronetSir Robert John Buxton, 1st Baronet was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1790 and 1806.Buxton was born at Rushford, Norfolk, the son of John Buxton and his wife Elizabeth Jacob and grandson of John Buxton who designed and built Shadwell Lodge at Rushford...
(1753-1839) - Sir John Jacob Buxton, 2nd BaronetSir John Buxton, 2nd BaronetSir John Jacob Buxton, 2nd Baronet was a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1832.Buxton was the eldest son of Sir Robert Buxton, 1st Baronet and his wife Juliana Mary Beevor. He was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford...
(1788-1842) - Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Buxton, 3rd BaronetSir Robert Jacob Buxton, 3rd Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1871 to 1885....
(1829-1888)
Buxton of Belfield (1841)
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786-1845)
- Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Buxton, 2nd BaronetSir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.He was the son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and his wife, Hannah Gurney...
(1812-1858) - Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet (1837-1915)
- Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 4th BaronetSir Thomas Buxton, 4th BaronetSir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 4th Baronet, – who went by the name Victor Buxton – was the great-grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a British MP and social reformer; the grandson of Sir Edward North Buxton, also an MP; and the son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a Governor of South...
(1865-1919) - Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 5th Baronet (1889-1945)
- Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 6th Baronet (1925-1996)
- Sir Jocelyn Charles Roden Buxton, 7th Baronet (b. 1924)