Arthur Buxton

The Reverend Arthur Buxton (7 August 1882 – 6 January 1958) was a clergyman of the Church of England, Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, Marylebone, after serving as Chaplain to the Forces during the First World War. Early life Buxton was the third and youngest son of John Henry Buxton (1849–1934), of Easneye House, Ware, Hertfordshire, a grandson of Thomas Fowell Buxton (1822–1908), and a great-grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet. His uncles included Alfred Fowell Buxton, Chairman of London County Council, and Barclay Fowell Buxton, a missionary in Japan. He was educated at Harrow and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1904 and being promoted to MA in 1908, and finally at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, which he joined in 1904 to train for the ministry. He was ordained deacon in 1907 and priest in 1908, both in the diocese of Southwark. Career