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Buxton Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Buxton, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extinct while the other is extant. The Buxton Baronetcy, of Shadwell Lodge in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 November 1800 for Robert 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 beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of South Australia
The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-general of Australia at the national level. In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of South Australia. Nevertheless, the governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier. As from June 2014, the Queen, upon the recommendation of the Premier, accorded all current, future and living former governors the title 'The Honourable' for life. The first six governors oversaw the colony from proclamation in 1836, until self-government and an elected Parliament of South Australia was granted in the year prior to the inaugural 1857 election. The first Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 6th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Buxton, 5th Baronet
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton JP DL ( 8 November 1889 – 28 October 1945), the fifth Buxton baronet of Belfield in the County of Dorset, was an English barrister, soldier, and landowner. Early life Born in London on 8 November 1889, Buxton was the elder son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Baronet, and Anne Louisa Matilda O'Rorke. He attended Eton College and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the Inner Temple and subsequently called to the bar in 1913, entitling him to practice as a barrister. First World War At the beginning of the European War, Buxton was commissioned into the Essex Yeomanry, with the rank of Lieutenant. He later served with the 3rd Essex Regiment, seeing action on the Western Front and being mentioned in dispatches. Career Returning to practice as a barrister, in 1918, he was the Liberal Party candidate for Tonbridge, finishing third among the candidates and defeated by the incumbent Herbert Spender-Clay. Buxton succeeded as the 5th Baronet o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 4th Baronet, JP (8 April 1865 – 31 May 1919) was a British aristocrat and philanthropist. Early life Victor Buxton, as he was known, was born on 8 April 1865. He was the son of Lady Victoria Noel Buxton and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton of Woodredon Hall, Waltham Abbey, County of Essex. His father served as Governor of South Australia between 1895 and 1899. The great-grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) and social reformer, his paternal grandparents were Catherine ( née Gurney) Buxton (daughter of Samuel Gurney) and Sir Edward North Buxton, also an MP. His maternal grandfather was the Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough and Lady Frances Jocelyn (daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden).''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 626. Sir Thomas attended Harrow School an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of St Michael And St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. It is named in honour of two military saints, Michael (archangel), Michael and Saint George, George. The Order of St Michael and St George was originally awarded to those holding commands or high position in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean territories acquired in the Napoleonic Wars, and was subsequently extended to holders of similar office or position in other territories of the British Empire. It is at present awarded to men and women who hold high office or who render extraordinary or important non-military service to the United Kingdom in a foreign country, and can also be conferred for important or loyal service in relation to foreign and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth affairs. Description The Order includes three class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet, (26 January 1837 – 28 October 1915), commonly known as Sir Fowell Buxton, was the Governor of South Australia from 29 October 1895 until 29 March 1899. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a British MP and social reformer, and the son of Sir Edward North Buxton, also an MP. He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned captain in the Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers (No. 3) on 4 May 1860. He married Lady Victoria Noel, daughter of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, and Lady Frances Jocelyn, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden on 12 June 1862. Of their 13 children, ten survived infancy, including Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Baronet, Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton, Charles Roden Buxton, and Rt. Rev. Harold Jocelyn Buxton, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe. Lady Buxton was crippled by a spinal condition in 1869. Sir Fowell was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Baronet (16 September 1812 – 11 June 1858) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and his wife, Hannah Gurney (1783–1872). He married Catherine Gurney (1814–1911), daughter of Samuel Gurney (1786–1856) of the Norwich Gurney family, on 12 April 1836. He became 2nd Baronet Buxton of Bellfield and Runton on 19 February 1845, on the death of his father. He served as Member of Parliament for Essex South from 1847 to 1852 and for East Norfolk from 1857 until his death in 1858. He died on 11 June 1858, leaving 7 sons and 5 daughters. He was succeeded as 3rd Baronet by his eldest son, Thomas Fowell Buxton, (26 January 1837 – 28 October 1915). Another of his sons, with the same name as himself, lived 1 September 1840 – 9 January 1924 and was elected MP for Walthamstow in 1885. References Peerage.com* Elizabeth Baigent, ‘Buxton, Edward North (1840–1924)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Buxton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, 3rd Baronet (13 March 1829 – 20 January 1888) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1871 to 1885. Buxton was the eldest son of Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Cholmeley, daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. 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 in 1870. Buxton stood for parliament unsuccessfully in Bury St Edmunds at the 1859 general election. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk at a by-election in 1871, and held the seat until representation was reduced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Jacob Buxton, 2nd Baronet (13 August 1788 – 13 October 1842) was a politician from Shadwell Court in Brettenham, Norfolk 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. He led the life of well-to-do Victorian country gentlemen, and concentrated on his estates, administrative offices and charitable work in the county and the cultivation of an agreeable social life. Buxton was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn in 1818 and held the seat until it was replaced under the Great Reform Act in 1832. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Buxton, of Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk on 7 June 1839 and was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1841. He enlarged Shadwell Lodge to the designs of Edward Blore, one of the leading architects of the time and the house was enlarged and remodelled in the Jacobean style betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton Of Alsa
Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (15 July 1918 – 1 September 2009) was a British soldier, politician, television executive, and writer. Biography Early life He was born on 15 July 1918. His father was Leland William Wilberforce Buxton and his mother, Ada Mary Oakes. He was the great-great-grandson of the anti-slavery campaigner Sir Thomas Buxton. He was educated at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War and was decorated with the Military Cross in 1943. Career From 1958 to 1988, he was a Director of Anglia Television. He was best known for creating the nature documentary series ''Survival'', which ran for four decades. Philanthropy In 1961 he was one of the co-founders of the World Wildlife Fund. As well as the WWF, he was involved with the Natural History Museum, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the London Zoological Society. In 1976 he and Lady Buxton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton
Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton, PC (9 January 1869 – 12 September 1948) was a British Liberal and later Labour politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and between 1929 and 1930. Background and education Born Noel Edward Buxton, the second son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet and brother of Charles Roden Buxton, he was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Political career In 1896, Buxton acted as Aide-de-Camp to his father during his time as Governor of South Australia. He served on the Whitechapel Board of Guardians and Central Unemployment Body, and was a Member of the Home Office Departmental Committee on Lead Poisoning. Buxton stood unsuccessfully for Ipswich in 1900. He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Whitby in 1905, a seat he held until 1906. He was out of parliament until the January 1910 general election, when he was returned for Norfolk North. He joined the La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
