Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Thomas Buxton, Bt GCMG DL |
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| 13th Governor of South Australia | |
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In office 29 October 1895 – 29 March 1899 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier | Charles Kingston |
| Preceded by | The Rt. Hon. Earl of Kintore |
| Succeeded by | Lord Tennyson |
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| Born | 26 January 1837 London, United Kingdom |
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28 October 1915 (aged 78) Cromer, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet, GCMG DL (26 January 1837 – 28 October 1915), commonly referred to as "Sir Fowell Buxton", was the Governor of South Australia from 29 October 1895 until 29 March 1899. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a British MP and social reformer, and the son of Sir Edward North Buxton, also an MP.
He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He married Lady Victoria Noel on 12 June 1862 and they had a total of 13 children, ten surviving infancy. She was crippled by a spinal condition in 1869.
He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn at the 1865 general election, but was defeated at the 1868 election. After his defeat, he stood again for Parliament unsuccessfully on several other occasions: in Westminster at the 1874 general election, in Western Essex at the 1880 general election and at the by-elections in Northern Norfolk in 1876 and 1879. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1876.
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