See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• POWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670)

POWELL See also:

• BUXTON
• BUXTON, JEDEDIAH (1707–1772)
• SIR THOMAS POWELL BUXTON (1786-1845)

BUXTON (1786-1845)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1786, and was educated at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, where, in spite of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education having been neglected, hard See also:

• WORK

work made him one of the first men of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, with a high reputation as a See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker . In 1807 he married Hannah See also:

• GURNEY
• GURNEY, EDMUND (1847—1888)

Gurney, See also:

• SISTER

sister of the celebrated See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• FRY
• FRY, ELIZABETH (178o-1845)
• FRY, SIR EDWARD (1827– )

Fry . As his means were not sufficient to support his See also:

• FAMILY

family, he entered in 18o8 the brewery of Truman, Hanbury & See also:

• COMPANY

Company, of which his uncles, the Hanburys, were partners . He devoted himself to business with characteristic See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, became a partner in 1811, and soon had the whole concern in his hands . In 1816 he brought himself into See also:

• NOTICE

notice by his speech on behalf of the See also:

• SPITALFIELDS

Spitalfields weavers, and in 1818 he published his able Inquiry into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

Prison Discipline . The same See also:

• YEAR

year he was elected M.P. for See also:

• WEYMOUTH

Weymouth, a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough for which he continued to sit till 1837 . In the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons he had a high reputation as an able and straightforward speaker, devoted to philanthropic schemes . Of these plans the most important was that for the abolition of See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery in the See also:

• BRITISH

British colonies . See also:

• BUXTON
• BUXTON, JEDEDIAH (1707–1772)
• BUXTON, SIR THOMAS POWELL (1786-1845)

Buxton devoted his See also:

• LIFE

life to this See also:

• OBJECT

object, and through defeat and opposition, despite the attacks of enemies and the remonstrances of faint-hearted See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, he remained true to it . Not till 1833 was he successful, and even then only partially, for he was compelled to admit into the See also:

• BILL

bill some clauses against which his better See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment had decided . In 1837 he ceased to sit in the House of Commons . He travelled on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent in 1839 to recruit his See also:

• HEALTH

health, which had given way, and took the opportunity of inspecting See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign prisons .

He was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 184o, and then devoted himself to a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for ameliorating the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• AFRICAN

African natives . The failure of the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger expedition of 1841 was a See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow from which he never recovered . He died on the 19th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1845 . See Memoir and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of See also:

• SIR

Sir T . F . Buxton (1848), by his third son, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Buxton (1823-1871), a well-known philanthropist and member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament .