Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton (18 November 1822 – 10 August 1871) was an
Personal life and architectural legacy
Buxton was born on 18 November 1822 in
On 7 February 1850, he married Emily Mary Holland, the eldest daughter of physician
Around 1850, he commissioned construction of a small detached, but ornate, house, Foxholm (Grade II-listed architecturally) on Redhill Road, then in Wisley but now in Cobham, for the Chaplain to Queen Victoria.[2][3]
On 4 May 1860 he was commissioned
In 1860 he had his own house,
He died on 10 August 1871.[10] His probate was sworn in 1871 in a broad bracket of "under £250,000 (equivalent to about £24,800,000 in 2021)".[11]
His younger son was first and last
Anti-slavery parliamentary campaigners' memorial fountain
Following his father's death, Buxton commissioned architect Samuel Sanders Teulon to design the Buxton Memorial Fountain to commemorate his father's role, with others, in the abolition of slavery. The fountain was initially erected in Parliament Square but was later moved to its current position in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster. It carries the dedication:
Erected in 1865 by Charles Buxton MP in commemoration of the emancipation of slaves 1834 and in memory of his father, Sir T Fowell Buxton, and those associated with him: Wilberforce, Clarkson, Macaulay, Brougham, Dr Lushington and others.
Published works
He produced Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, with Selections from his Correspondence, first published in 1848. He later wrote a history, Slavery and Freedom in the British West Indies, published in 1860.
References
- ^ General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
- ^ Foxholm, Cobham, Surrey: sales brochure, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Foxholm, Grade II Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1030094)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "No. 22383". The London Gazette. 8 May 1860. p. 1746.
- ^ Ray Westlake, Tracing the Rifle Volunteers, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3, p. 293.
- ^ "No. 22518". The London Gazette. 7 June 1861. p. 2401.
- ^ Army List.
- ^ "No. 23649". The London Gazette. 26 August 1870. p. 3951.
- ^ Foxwarren Park Grade II* Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1189110)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition Wilmington, Delaware Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 volume 1, page 622.
- ^ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
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