Charles
Buxton, the third
son of Thomas
Fowell Buxton,
was
born on 27th November 1875. Educated at Harrow
and Trinity College,
Cambridge, he worked as a lawyer and edited the
Independent Review (1906-07) and the Albany
Review (1907-08). Buxton was also Principal of Morley College
(1902-10).
A member of the Liberal
Party, Buxton was elected to the House
of Commons for Ashburton in 1910. Defeated after only ten months
in Parliament.
Buxton joined the Labour
Party and was elected to represent Accrington in November 1922.
Defeated in 1923 and 1924
he returned to represent the Elland division of Leeds
in the 1929 General Election.
Buxton was defeated in
the 1931 General Election and was also unsuccessful
in the 1935 General Election. Charles
Buxton died
on 16th December 1942.
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