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
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