Alfred Fowell Buxton | |
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Chairman of the London County Council | |
In office 1916–1917 | |
Preceded by | Cyril Jackson |
Succeeded by | Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe |
Chairman of the Finance Committee of London County Council | |
In office 1907 | |
Preceded by | Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby |
Succeeded by | Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham |
In office 1920 | |
Preceded by | George Goldie |
Succeeded by | John Maria Gatti |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 March 1854 |
Died | 5 May 1952 | (aged 98)
Nationality | British |
Alfred Fowell Buxton (28 March 1854 – 5 May 1952) was a British banker and local politician.[1][2]
He was the son of Thomas Fowell Buxton and his wife Rachel Jane née Gurney of Easneye House near Ware, Hertfordshire.[2] He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1877.[1][2][3] He was to retain strong links with Rugby: he married Violet Jex-Blake, daughter of the school's then headmaster, Thomas Jex-Blake in 1885 and from 1906 to 1936 was one of the school's governors.[1][2] Violet Buxton OBE was the niece of Sophia Jex-Blake, suffragist and first woman medical graduate in UK.[4]