Buxton Baronets
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The Buxton Baronetcy, 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.
[edit] Baronets of Belfield (1841)
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786-1845)
- Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Baronet (1812-1858)
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet (1837-1915)
- Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 4th Baronet (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)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
