BUXTON, Charles.

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Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet. First edition of this filial biography of the leading social reformer and fervent abolitionist, owned by Buxton's cousin-in-law and contemporary in Parliament, Charles Barclay, with his ownership signature on the initial blank.Charles Barclay (1780-1855) of Bury Hill was a contemporary of Buxton in the Commons, serving as Tory MP for Southwark (1815-1818), Dundalk (1826-1830), and West Surrey (1835-1837). Buxton was closely linked to the Barclay brewing and banking dynasty of Norwich - through their Quaker circle he joined abolitionist and reform causes, and in 1807 he married Hannah Gurney, Barclay's first cousin.

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