Thomas Paxton (other)
Thomas Paxton (1820–1887) was an Ontario politician. Thomas Paxton may also refer to: * Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet (1860–1930), Scottish politician * Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Thomas Paxton
Thomas Charles Paxton (November 27, 1820July 3, 1887) was a Canadian politician, businessman and sheriff. As a partner in industrial business ventures, he was one of the founding fathers of Port Perry. He helped establish the first steam-powered sawmill on Lake Scugog in 1846, then later operated a flour mill and was a partner in a foundry which manufactured machinery for agriculture and mills. He turned to politics in 1854, served as the second reeve of Reach and Scugog Townships, and he was the first person to represent the Ontario North electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He won four elections to the provincial parliament, where he served in office from 1867 to 1881, and took interest in legislation for railways and the timber industry. He partnered with other local businessmen in 1867 to construct the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway which was completed in 1872. He resigned from the legislature in 1881 to serve as sheriff of Ontario County until ...
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Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet (9 May 1860 – 15 March 1930), was a Scottish politician. Paxton was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Lord-Lieutenant of Glasgow between 1920 and 1923. He was created a baronet, of Letham in the Parish of Monimail in the County of Fife, in 1923. He declined to contest Glasgow Central in the 1923 general election. Paxton died in March 1930, aged 69, when the baronetcy became extinct. References External linksPortrait of Sir Thomas Paxton, Bt by William Orpen Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Paxton, Thomas 1860 births 1930 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Lord Provosts of Glasgow ...
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