Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Earl of Buxton, 80, Is Dead in England. Liberal Was Member of Last Gladstone Government and Long in Parliament. Held South African Post. As Governor, Dealt With Revolt of Boers. Introduced Penny Post for United States". The New York Times . 16 October 1934.
  2. Profile, books.google.co.uk; accessed 8 April 2016.
  3. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p19: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  4. "Buxton, Sydney (BKSN872SC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "No. 28830". The London Gazette . 12 May 1914. p. 3835.
  6. "No. 32122". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 November 1920. pp. 10979–10980.
  7. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 622. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
The Earl Buxton
Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton.jpg
2nd Governor-General of South Africa
In office
1914–1920
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Peterborough
18831885
With: Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Poplar
18861914
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
1892–1895
Succeeded by
Preceded by Postmaster General
1905–1910
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Board of Trade
1910–1914
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor-General of South Africa
1914–1920
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Earl Buxton
1920–1934
Extinct
Viscount Buxton
1914–1934