Background
Buxton was the eldest son of Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Cholmeley, daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet.
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Education
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
He became a lieutenant in the 1st Suffolk Yeoman Cavalry in 1852, and a captain in the 29th Norfolk Rifle Volunteers in 1860. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Doctorate. L. for Suffolk and Norfolk, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1870. Buxton stood for parliament unsuccessfully in Bury Street Edmunds at the 1859 general election.
Buxton married Mary Augusta Harriet Johnstone, only daughter of lieutenant-colonel Johnstone in 1856.
He had no male heir and the baronetcy became extinct in 1888. They sold the family estate.
Membership
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for South Norfolk at a by-election in 1871, and held the seat until representation was reduced under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885.
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Died
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party