Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Baronet (16 September 1812 – 11 June 1858) was a British

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politician. He was the son of Sir

Thomas Fowell Buxton Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield and Runton (1 April 1786Olwyn Mary Blouet, "Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, first baronet (1786–1845)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed ...

and his wife, Hannah Gurney (1783–1872). He married Catherine Gurney (1814–1911), daughter of

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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,

, (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

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in 1885.

References

Peerage.com
* Elizabeth Baigent, ‘Buxton, Edward North (1840–1924)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200

, accessed 27 Oct 2006

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* 1812 births 1858 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1857–1859 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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