There have been two Baronetcies created in the surname of Buxton.
The Baronetcy Buxton of Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk[1] was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 November 1800 for Robert John 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 was extinct on his death in 1888. His daughter sold the estates in 1898.
The Baronetcy Buxton of Belfield in the County of Dorset[2] 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.
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