Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, 3rd Baronet (13 March 1829 – 20 January 1888) was an English Conservative Party

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1871 to 1885.

Buxton was the eldest son of Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet

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 and his wife Elizabeth Cholmeley, daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet

Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet

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. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

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. He became a lieutenant in the 1st Suffolk Yeoman Cavalry in 1852, and a captain in the 29th Norfolk Rifle Volunteers in 1860. He was a J.P. and a D. L. for Suffolk and Norfolk, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk

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 in 1870.

Buxton stood for parliament unsuccessfully in Bury St Edmunds

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 at the 1859 general election

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. He was elected as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for South Norfolk

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 at a by-election in 1871, and held the seat until representation was reduced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

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Buxton married Mary Augusta Harriet Johnstone, only daughter of lieutenant-colonel Johnstone in 1856. He had no male heir and the baronetcy became extinct in 1888.