Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, first baronet

(1786-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845 NRA: Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell (1786-1845) 1st Baronet Philanthropist DNB: Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, first baronet (1786-1845), politician and philanthropist LBT ID: ThBuxto1845 VIAF ID: 12306089 LOC ID: n86821272	B/BAP: 1786-04-01 DIED: 1845-02-19
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Brewer and advocate for prison reform; as MP for Weymouth (1818-37) he called for the abolition of slavery. He was created baronet in 1840 and accorded a monument in Westminster Abbey
REFERENCES TO Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, first baronet: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 19: Club Law Found 1: ¶ 4 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXIV. Found 1: ¶ 30