Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, 3rd Baronet (13 March 1829 – 20 January 1888) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the

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from 1871 to 1885. Buxton was the eldest son of

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and his wife Elizabeth Cholmeley, daughter of

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. He was educated at

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. He became a lieutenant in the 1st Suffolk Yeoman Cavalry in 1852, and a captain in the 29th Norfolk Rifle Volunteers in 1860. He was a J.P. and a D. L. for Suffolk and Norfolk, and was

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in 1870.Debrett's House of Commons 1881
/ref> Buxton stood for parliament unsuccessfully in

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at the 1859 general election. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at a by-election in 1871, and held the seat until representation was reduced under the

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. Buxton married Mary Augusta Harriet Johnstone, only daughter of lieutenant-colonel Johnstone in 1856. He had no male heir and the baronetcy became extinct in 1888. His daughter Maud Isabel Buxton married, in 1901, Gerard James Barnes, who changed his name to Buxton the following year and took the arms of Buxton together with his own. They sold the family estate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buxton, Sir Robert Jacob 1829 births 1888 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain High sheriffs of Norfolk