Sarah-Maria Buxton (1789 – 18 August 1839) was a social reformer and abolitionist, long-term companion of Anna Gurney, scholar and philanthropist.
[1] She was the sister of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786–1845), a Member of Parliament, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer, who married the abolitionist Hannah Gurney, first cousin of Anna Gurney, scholar and philanthropist, who would later become Sarah-Maria Buxton's companion.
Gurney's 1835 compendium on the Cape was "the most valuable and the only thing in use"; which "might save a nation of 100,000 beings and several flourishing missions".
They were partners and chosen sisters knit together in the love of God and heirs together of eternal life through Christ Jesus.
"[8] George Richmond made a portrait of Sarah-Maria Buxton that is at Colne House, a pair to that of Anna Gurney.