Alfred Fowell Buxton

Alfred Fowell Buxton
Chairman of the London County Council
In office
1916–1917
Preceded byCyril Jackson
Succeeded byRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
Chairman of the Finance Committee of London County Council
In office
1907
Preceded byReginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby
Succeeded byHayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
In office
1920
Preceded byGeorge Goldie
Succeeded byJohn Maria Gatti
Personal details
Born(1854-03-28)28 March 1854
Died5 May 1952(1952-05-05) (aged 98)
NationalityBritish

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]

  1. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl. "Alfred Fowell Buxton". thepeerage.com A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. Retrieved 12 March 2012.[unreliable source]
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary: Mr. Alfred Buxton". The Times. 7 May 1952. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Buxton, Alfred Fowell (BKSN873AF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "60: Letitia Chitty". Magnificent Women. Retrieved 29 September 2022.