Background
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.
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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.
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 World Wildlife Fund, he was involved with the Natural History Museum, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the London Zoological Society.
In 1964, he was Extra Equerry to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and in 1972 High Sheriff of Essex. He became Deputy Lieutenant of Essex in 1975 and held this office until 1985.
Peerage
On 11 May 1978, he was created a life peer as Baron Buxton of Alsa, of Stiffkey in the County of Norfolk. Personal life
He died on 1 September 2009, aged 91, from undisclosed causes.
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