Alfred Fowell Buxton
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]
On leaving Cambridge he entered banking in the City of London, eventually becoming an extraordinary director of the National Provincial Bank.[2][3] He joined the board of the Alliance Assurance Company in 1919, retiring in 1948, aged 94.[2]
In 1892 he was elected to the London County Council as one of four councillors representing the City of London.[4] He served a single three-year term until 1895, but returned to the council as an alderman in 1904, serving until 1922.[5] In 1916-1917 he was Chairman of the County Council.[6]
Outside politics and business, Buxton was a leading member of the Church of England: he was a member of House of Laity of the General Synod, and of the Church of England Pensions Board.[2][3] He made his home at Fairhill, Hildenborough, near Tonbridge, Kent.[1][3] He had three children: Patrick Alfred Buxton, who became the Director of Entomology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Denis Alfred Jex, a wing commander in the Royal Air Force and amateur archaeologist and Violet Elizabeth.[1]
Buxton died in 1952 aged 98.[2]
References
- 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.
- "Obituary: Mr. Alfred Buxton". The Times. 7 May 1952. p. 8.
- "Buxton, Alfred Fowell (BKSN873AF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- "The London County Council Election". The Times. 7 March 1892. p. 10.
- Jackson, W Eric (1965). Achievement. A Short History of the London County Council. London: Longmans. p. 256.
- "Savings on Rates". The Times. 9 March 1916. p. 5.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Cyril Jackson |
Chairman of the London County Council 1916 – 1917 |
Succeeded by Marquess of Crewe |
| Preceded by Reginald Welby |
Chairman of the Finance Committee of London County Council 1907 |
Succeeded by Hayes Fisher |
| Preceded by George Goldie |
Chairman of the Finance Committee of London County Council 1920 |
Succeeded by John Maria Gatti |