Background
BUXTON, Francis William was born on August 5, 1847. 7th son of Sir E. N. Buxton, 2nd Baronet.
BUXTON, Francis William was born on August 5, 1847. 7th son of Sir E. N. Buxton, 2nd Baronet.
Studied at Trinity College, Cambridge (Master of Arts 1872).
Called to Bar at Lincoln’s Inn,1872. Director of Union Bank of London. Member of Parliament (Liberal), Andover, 1880-1886.
Member of London School Board for City Division, 1899-1904. Treasurer, R. Economic Society. Justice of the Peace Company’s Hertfordshire and London; Public Works Loan Commissioner.
Liberal.
Clubs: Brooks’s, Athenoeum, City Liberal, Political Economy.
Much interested in social, political, and educational questions, and in art. Also a keen sportsman.