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Entry TypePerson
SurnameBuxton
ForenamesThomas Fowell
Pre TitleSir
Epithetbaronet, English MP, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer
Dates1786-1845
BiographyBuxton was first elected to Member of Parliament in 1818). In May 1823, Buxton 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". He succeeded William Wilberforce as the leading member of Parliament campaigning for the abolition of slavery. He can be seen in Benjamin Robert Haydon's painting of The Anti-Slavery Society Convention in 1840.
Authorised Form of NameBuxton; Sir; Thomas Fowell (1786-1845); baronet, English MP, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer

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