Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell

Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 1786-1845, British social reformer. As a member of Parliament (1818-37) he began his reform activities immediately with the publication of An Inquiry Whether Crime and Misery Are Produced or Prevented by Our Present System of Prison Discipline; this work led to the establishment of the Society for the Reformation of Prison Discipline. An abolitionist, Buxton succeeded William Wilberforce as leader of the antislavery group. His efforts resulted in the passage of an act (1833) abolishing slavery in the British colonies. He wrote The African Slave Trade (1839) and The Remedy (1840, 2d ed. 1967).

Baron Noel-Buxton, of Aylsham in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1930 for the politician Noel Edward Noel-Buxton. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet, of Belfield, and a great-grandson of the philanthropist Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet, of Belfield, as well as a great-nephew of Charles Buxton, the father of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1980. As a descendant of the third Baronet of Belfield, he is also in remainder to this title.

Another member of the Buxton family is Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton who was created a life peer as Baron Buxton of Alsa in 1978. He is the son of Leland William Wilberforce Buxton, youngest son of the third Baronet.

Barons Noel-Buxton (1930)

• Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton (1869-1948)
• Rufus Alexander Buxton, 2nd Baron Noel-Buxton (1917-1980)
• Martin Connal Noel-Buxton, 3rd Baron Noel-Buxton (b. 1940)

See also

• Buxton Baronets, of Belfield

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