Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Jacob Buxton, 2nd Baronet (13 August 1788 – 13 October 1842) was a politician from Shadwell Court in Brettenham, Norfolk[1][2] who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1832.

He was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford.

[3] He led the life of well-to-do Victorian country gentlemen, and concentrated on his estates, administrative offices and charitable work in the county and the cultivation of an agreeable social life.

[4] Buxton died aged 54 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

He married Elizabeth Cholmeley, daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Harrison, on 5 August 1825 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London.