| 词条 | Alfred Fowell Buxton |
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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] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|last=Lundy|first=Darryl|title=Alfred Fowell Buxton|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p19631.htm|work=thepeerage.com A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe|accessdate=12 March 2012}}{{Verify credibility|failed=y |date=February 2013}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=Cyril Jackson}}{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the London County Council|years=1916 – 1917}}{{s-aft|after=Marquess of Crewe}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Buxton, Alfred Fowell}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|title=Obituary: Mr. Alfred Buxton|newspaper=The Times|date=7 May 1952|page=8}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{acad|id=BKSN873AF|name=Buxton, Alfred Fowell}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=The London County Council Election|newspaper=The Times|date=7 March 1892|page=10}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=W Eric|title=Achievement. A Short History of the London County Council|year=1965|publisher=Longmans|location=London|pages=256}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Savings on Rates |work=The Times |page=5 |date=9 March 1916 }} 7 : 1854 births|1952 deaths|Members of London County Council|Municipal Reform Party politicians|People educated at Rugby School|Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge|British bankers |
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