Monday 17 August 2015

944 Francis Buxton


Constituency :  Andover  1880-85

Francis  recaptured  Andover  for  the  Liberals.

Francis  was  the  grandson  of  the  anti-slavery  campaigner Thomas  Buxton. He  was  educated  at  Cambridge  and  became  a  barrister. He  became  a  partner  in  a  banking  firm.

Francis  was  a  member  of  the  London  School  Board  from  1899  to  1904.

He  died  in  1911  aged  64.

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