Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton
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British politician
Governor-General
Liberal Party (UK) politician
Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
colonial administrator
human
Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Postmaster General and later as Governor-General of South Africa in the early 20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British politician
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Governor-General ⓘ Liberal Party (UK) politician ⓘ Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedAs | Governor-General of the Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | H. H. Asquith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Newtimber, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1853-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1934-10-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Clifton College
NERFINISHED
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| endTime |
1910 (as President of the Board of Trade)
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1914 (as Postmaster General) ⓘ 1920 (as Governor-General of South Africa) ⓘ |
| familyName | Buxton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Charles Buxton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | PC ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | George V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherInLaw | Alice Augusta Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Baron Buxton
NERFINISHED
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Viscount Buxton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
administration of the Union of South Africa during World War I
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postal reforms as Postmaster General ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm |
Member of Parliament for Peterborough
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Member of Parliament for Poplar ⓘ Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets, Poplar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath | Newtimber Place, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
NERFINISHED
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High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Postmaster General of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Board of Trade ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence | Newtimber Place, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Constance Mary Lubbock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
1905 (as President of the Board of Trade)
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1910 (as Postmaster General) ⓘ 1914 (as Governor-General of South Africa) ⓘ |
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