Biography of Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet 1786-1845
Paternal Family Tree: Buxton of Belfield in Dorset
On 01 Apr 1786 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Fowell Buxton (age 29) at Hedingham Castle [Map].
On 03 Dec 1793 [his father] Thomas Fowell Buxton (age 37) died.
On 24 Dec 1806 Samuel Hoare (age 23) and [his future sister-in-law] Louisa Gurney (age 22) were married at the Tasburgh Meeting House [Map]. They were second cousins.
In 1807 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 20) graduated from Trinity College, Dublin.
On 13 May 1807 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 21) and Hannah Gurney Lady Buxton (age 24) were married. They had eight children of whom four died of whooping cough over a five-week period around April 1820.
On 25 Feb 1808 [his daughter] Priscilla Buxton was born to Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 21) and [his wife] Hannah Gurney Lady Buxton (age 25).
In 1811 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 24) was made a partner in the business, renamed Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co, and later its sole owner.
On 16 Sep 1812 [his son] Edward North Buxton 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Hannah Gurney Lady Buxton (age 29).
In 1818 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1822 [his brother-in-law] Daniel Gurney (age 30) and Harriet Jemima Hay (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Hay 17th Earl Erroll and Alicia Eliot Countess Erroll.
On 29 Aug 1822 [his son] Thomas Fowell Buxton was born to Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 36) and [his wife] Hannah Gurney Lady Buxton (age 39).
In May 1823 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 37) introduced in the House of Commons a resolution condemning the state of slavery as "repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion", and called for its gradual abolition "throughout the British colonies".
On 16 Jun 1824 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 38) attended a meeting at the Old Slaughter's Coffee House, St Martin's Lane, London, that created the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which became the RSPCA when Queen Victoria gave royal assent in 1840. He was appointed Chairman the same year.
Around 1833 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 46) presented a petition to the House of Commons with 187,000 female signatures supporting the abolition of slavery. The first two signatories were [his daughter] Priscilla Buxton (age 24) and Amelia Opie.
On 12 Apr 1836 [his son] Edward North Buxton 2nd Baronet (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Gurney Lady Buxton (age 22) were married. They were first cousins.
On 06 Sep 1836 [his sister-in-law] Louisa Gurney (age 51) died.
On 30 Jul 1840 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield in Dorset. [his wife] Hannah Gurney Lady Buxton (age 57) by marriage Lady Buxton of Belfield in Dorset.
On 04 Feb 1845 [his son] Thomas Fowell Buxton (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Rachel Jane Gurney (age 21) were married. They were first cousins.
On 19 Feb 1845 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 58) died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Overstrand [Map]. His son [his son] Edward North Buxton 2nd Baronet (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Buxton of Belfield in Dorset. [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Gurney Lady Buxton (age 31) by marriage Lady Buxton of Belfield in Dorset.
On 20 Mar 1872 [his former wife] Hannah Gurney Lady Buxton (age 89) died.