| Entry Type | Person |
| Surname | Buxton |
| Forenames | Thomas Fowell |
| Pre Title | Sir |
| Epithet | baronet, English MP, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer |
| Dates | 1786-1845 |
| Biography | Buxton 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 Name | Buxton; Sir; Thomas Fowell (1786-1845); baronet, English MP, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer |
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