Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
The Earl Buxton | |
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| Governor-General of South Africa | |
| In office 8 September 1914 – 17 November 1920 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Louis Botha Jan Smuts |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Gladstone |
| Succeeded by | Prince Arthur of Connaught |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 14 February 1910 – 11 February 1914 | |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Winston Churchill |
| Succeeded by | John Burns |
| Postmaster General | |
| In office 10 December 1905 – 14 February 1910 | |
| Prime Minister | Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Samuel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1853 London, England |
| Died | 15 October 1934 (aged 80) Newtimber, West Sussex, England |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Constance Mary Lubbock
(m. 1882; died 1892) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Member of Parliament |
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Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, GCMG, PC (25 October 1853 – 15 October 1934) was a radical British Liberal politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as the second Governor-General of South Africa from 1914 to 1920.