Sir Fowell Buxton MP 1st Baronet
(1786-1845)
anti-slavery campaigner, Member of Parliament, and 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield (from 1840)
Family tree
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton 1786-1845 anti-slavery campaigner lived and worked here
The Directors’ House, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Tower Hamlets, E1, London, United Kingdom where they lived and worked
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton BT. MP. 1786-1845 Buxton led the Parliamentary campaign responsible for the 1833 Act freeing the 700,000 slaves then held in the West Indies and elsewhere in the British Empire. Married into the Quaker Banking family of the Gurneys, he worked with Elizabeth Fry to improve conditions in prisons and reduce the number of crimes deemed worthy of the death penalty. He spoke at the Friends Meeting House in Norwich and used St Andrews Hall to organize meetings in favour of his various causes.
Upper Goat Lane, Norwich, United Kingdom where they spoke