Francis Buxton

Francis William Buxton (5 August 1847 – 14 November 1911) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.

He was born at Colne House, Cromer, Norfolk, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A.

[1] Called to the Bar in 1874, he became a partner in the London banking firm of Prescott and Company.

He was also a member of the council of the Girls' Public Day School Company, 1886–1903, and one of its vice-presidents from 1903.

Their sons included John Lawrence Buxton, a brigadier in the British Army and Robert Vere Buxton DSO, a cricketer, soldier and banker.