Buxton (surname)

Buxton
Origin
Meaning	Brewing stones. Inhabitance of Buxton, Derbyshire or Buxton, Norfolk
Region of origin	England, Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Buckston, Buckstone, Buckton, Buchanan

Buxton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon, or Scottish-Gaelic origin, and may refer to

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Adam Buxton (born 1969), British comedian
Angela Buxton (1934–2020), English tennis player
Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (1918–2009), British soldier, politician, and television executive

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Barclay Fowell Buxton (1860–1946), English evangelist
Bertha Henry Buxton (1844–1881), British novelist and children's author
Byron Buxton (born 1993), American baseball player

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Dr C. Lee Buxton (1904–1969), American gynecologist
Charles Buxton (1823–1871), British politician
Charles Roden Buxton (1875–1942), English philanthropist and politician
Christopher Buxton (martyr) (died 1588), English Roman Catholic priest

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Dave Buxton (born 1952), English jazz pianist

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Edward Buxton (conservationist) (1840–1924), British conservationist
Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet (1812–1858), British Liberal Party politician

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Felix Buxton, British musician, member of Basement Jaxx
Francis Buxton (1847–1911), British barrister and Liberal Party politician
Frank Buxton (1930–2018), American actor and director
Frank W. Buxton (1877–1974), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor

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Glen Buxton (1947–1997), American musician
Godfrey Buxton (1895–1986), missionary training college founder

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Ian Buxton (1938–2010), English footballer and cricketer

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Jake Buxton (born 1985), English professional footballer
Jedediah Buxton (1707–1772), English mental calculator
Jeff Buxton, American wrestling coach
Judy Buxton (born 1950), British actress

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Lewis Buxton (born 1983), English footballer
Luther Buxton (1822–1897), American physician and politician

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Mick Buxton (born 1943), English football manager

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Nigel Buxton (1924–2015), British travel writer
Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton (1869–1948), British politician, son of Thomas Buxton

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Peter Buxton (born 1978), English rugby union footballer

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Ralph Buxton (1911–1988), Canadian baseball player
Richard Buxton (botanist) (1786–1865), British shoemaker and amateur botanist
Sir Richard Buxton (born 1938), British judge
Dame Rita Buxton (1896–1982), Australian community worker, activist, racehorse owner, and philanthropist
Robert Buxton (disambiguation)
Robin Buxton Potts, Canadian politician
Ron Buxton (1949–2021), Democratic politician from Pennsylvania
Ronald Buxton (British politician) (1923–2017), British politician

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Samuel R. Buxton (1874–1951), mayor of Newport News, Virginia
Sarah G. Buxton (born 1965), American actress
Sarah Buxton (singer) (born 1980), American country singer-songwriter
Searby Buxton (1832–1919), New Zealand politician
Steve Buxton (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1953), English football left back
Steve Buxton (footballer, born 1960), English football forward
Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton (1853–1934), British politician

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Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786–1845), British brewer, politician, and reformer
Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet (1837–1915), British politician and Governor of South Australia
Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Baronet (1865–1919), British MP and social reformer
Tonia Buxton, Greek Cypriot television presenter

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Lady Victoria Buxton (1839–1916), British philanthropist

Buxton surname in Scotland edit

In Scotland the surname, can be anglicised from the Scottish-Gaelic name, Buchanan, a village in Stirlingshire.

Buxton surname in England edit

In England the surname Buxton, can derive from Buxton, a spa-town in Derbyshire, meaning to brew stones, bow stones, or the beech town, settlement, or enclouse, or from Buxton, a village in Norfolk, meaning bucc, as in deer, then town, settlement, enclouse. Or from Buckton, parishes in Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Herefordshire, meaning bucc, as in deer, then town, settlement, enclosure.

Distribution edit

As a surname, Buxton is the 730th most common surname in Great Britain, with 13,135 bearers. It is most common in Staffordshire, where it is the 27th most common surname, with 3,377 bearers. Other concentrations include, Norfolk, (169th,1,705), West Yorkshire, (282nd,1,739), Cheshire, (286th,1,715), Hampshire, (333rd,1,799), Lancashire, (462nd,1,821) and Greater London, (620th,1,821). Other notable concentrations include, North Yorkshire including Middlesbrough, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, including the City of Liverpool, and South Yorkshire, including the City of Sheffield.

External links edit

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