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[[The Reverend]] '''Arthur Buxton''' (7 August 1882 – 6 January 1958) was a [[clergy]]man of the [[Church of England]], Rector of [[All Souls Church, Langham Place]], [[Marylebone]], after serving as [[Royal Army Chaplains' Department|Chaplain to the Forces]].
==Early life==
Buxton was third and youngest son of John Henry Buxton (1849–1934), a grandson of Thomas Fowell Buxton (1822–1908), and a great-grandson of [[Fowell Buxton|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]].<ref name=burke>''[[Burke's Peerage]]'', volume 1 (2003), p. 619</ref>
He was educated at [[Harrow School|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 [[Anglican Diocese of Southwark|diocese of Southwark]].<ref name=Crockford>"Buxton, Arthur" in ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (1930), p. 190</ref>
==Career==
[[File:The Church of All Souls, Langham Place (5990857632).jpg|thumb|All Souls, Langham Place]]
Buxton's first appointment was as [[Curate]] of St Stephen's, [[Clapham Park]], from 1907 to 1909. In 1910 he was [[benefice]]d as Vicar of the Church of the Martyrs, [[Leicester]], where he remained three years, then was Vicar of All Saints, [[Southport]], from 1914 to 1919. For part of that time he was Chaplain to the Forces, from 1916 to 1919, resigning his Southport benefice before leaving the service of the British Army.<ref name=Crockford/>
In May 1920, Buxton was appointed as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[All Souls Church, Langham Place|All Souls, Langham Place]], [[Marylebone]],<ref>"The Rev. Arthur Buxton, late Chaplain to the Forces and formerly Vicar of All Saints' Southport, has been appointed to the living of All "Saints", Langham Place" in ''[[Western Daily Press]]'' dated Friday 14 May 1920, p. 9</ref> taking up residence at All Souls Rectory, 12, [[Weymouth Street]], [[Westminster]]. This was a very smart Church of England living, with the church standing at the north end of [[Regent Street]], and at the time was worth £640 a year, , plus a fine house in an elegant part of the capital city.<ref name=Crockford/> At the Easter [[Vestry]] meeting in 1921, Buxton forecast prosperous times ahead.<ref>"ALL SOULS', LANGHAM PLACE, EASTER VESTRY" in ''Kensington Post'' dated Friday 15 April 1921, p. 2</ref>
At Langham Place, Buxton was identified with a new kind of churchman. Not only did he try to make his church attractive, up-to-date, and relevant to the times, but he also moved its theological style away from the firm [[Evangelicalism]] of his predecessors towards a less Protestant form of [[Anglicanism]], referred to at the time as "Liberal Evangelicalism".<ref>Timothy Dudley-Smith, ''John Stott, the Making of a Leader: A Biography : the Early Years'', pp. 33, 34, 45</ref>
With All Souls being the nearest church to [[Broadcasting House]], headquarters of the [[BBC]], it was often used for broadcasting religious services. In January 1935, a "Children's Service", with an address by Buxton, was broadcast to the nation from All Souls, Langham Place, on the [[BBC Home Service]].<ref>"4.30 — Children's Service; Address Rev. Arthur Buxton, relayed from All Souls, Langham Place" in ''[[Aberdeen Press and Journal]]'' dated Saturday 12 January 1935, p. 2</ref> In February 1936, Buxton led a [[memorial service]] at All Souls for [[Clara Butt|Dame Clara Butt]].<ref>"A memorial service was held at Souls, Langham Place, for Dame Clara Butt (Mrs. Rumford)" in ''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette'' dated 14 February 1936, p. 7</ref>
==Private life==
On 14 January 1908, Buxton married Esme Caroline, a daughter of Colonel [[Francis W. Pixley|Francis William Pixley]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], of [[Wooburn Green]], [[Buckinghamshire]], and they had four children, Nigel Arthur (1909–1995), Richenda Dorothy (1911–1987), Mary Buxton (born 1913), and Priscilla Peronne (1916–1979).<ref name=burke/>
Buxton had houses in [[Knightsbridge]] and [[Trimingham]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=probate>"BUXTON the reverend Arthur of Trimingham Norfolk and of 5 Albert Court London S.W.7 clerk" in Probate Index for 1958</ref> In London, he was a member of the [[Athenaeum Club, London|Athenaeum Club]].<ref name=Crockford/>
He died on 6 January 1958, at 31, [[Queen's Gate]], [[Kensington]], leaving an estate valued at £139,931, .<ref name=probate/>
==Notes==
[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century English Anglican priests]]
[[Category:Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers]]
==Early life==
Buxton was third and youngest son of John Henry Buxton (1849–1934), a grandson of Thomas Fowell Buxton (1822–1908), and a great-grandson of [[Fowell Buxton|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]].<ref name=burke>''[[Burke's Peerage]]'', volume 1 (2003), p. 619</ref>
He was educated at [[Harrow School|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 [[Anglican Diocese of Southwark|diocese of Southwark]].<ref name=Crockford>"Buxton, Arthur" in ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (1930), p. 190</ref>
==Career==
[[File:The Church of All Souls, Langham Place (5990857632).jpg|thumb|All Souls, Langham Place]]
Buxton's first appointment was as [[Curate]] of St Stephen's, [[Clapham Park]], from 1907 to 1909. In 1910 he was [[benefice]]d as Vicar of the Church of the Martyrs, [[Leicester]], where he remained three years, then was Vicar of All Saints, [[Southport]], from 1914 to 1919. For part of that time he was Chaplain to the Forces, from 1916 to 1919, resigning his Southport benefice before leaving the service of the British Army.<ref name=Crockford/>
In May 1920, Buxton was appointed as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[All Souls Church, Langham Place|All Souls, Langham Place]], [[Marylebone]],<ref>"The Rev. Arthur Buxton, late Chaplain to the Forces and formerly Vicar of All Saints' Southport, has been appointed to the living of All "Saints", Langham Place" in ''[[Western Daily Press]]'' dated Friday 14 May 1920, p. 9</ref> taking up residence at All Souls Rectory, 12, [[Weymouth Street]], [[Westminster]]. This was a very smart Church of England living, with the church standing at the north end of [[Regent Street]], and at the time was worth £640 a year, , plus a fine house in an elegant part of the capital city.<ref name=Crockford/> At the Easter [[Vestry]] meeting in 1921, Buxton forecast prosperous times ahead.<ref>"ALL SOULS', LANGHAM PLACE, EASTER VESTRY" in ''Kensington Post'' dated Friday 15 April 1921, p. 2</ref>
At Langham Place, Buxton was identified with a new kind of churchman. Not only did he try to make his church attractive, up-to-date, and relevant to the times, but he also moved its theological style away from the firm [[Evangelicalism]] of his predecessors towards a less Protestant form of [[Anglicanism]], referred to at the time as "Liberal Evangelicalism".<ref>Timothy Dudley-Smith, ''John Stott, the Making of a Leader: A Biography : the Early Years'', pp. 33, 34, 45</ref>
With All Souls being the nearest church to [[Broadcasting House]], headquarters of the [[BBC]], it was often used for broadcasting religious services. In January 1935, a "Children's Service", with an address by Buxton, was broadcast to the nation from All Souls, Langham Place, on the [[BBC Home Service]].<ref>"4.30 — Children's Service; Address Rev. Arthur Buxton, relayed from All Souls, Langham Place" in ''[[Aberdeen Press and Journal]]'' dated Saturday 12 January 1935, p. 2</ref> In February 1936, Buxton led a [[memorial service]] at All Souls for [[Clara Butt|Dame Clara Butt]].<ref>"A memorial service was held at Souls, Langham Place, for Dame Clara Butt (Mrs. Rumford)" in ''Exeter and Plymouth Gazette'' dated 14 February 1936, p. 7</ref>
==Private life==
On 14 January 1908, Buxton married Esme Caroline, a daughter of Colonel [[Francis W. Pixley|Francis William Pixley]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], of [[Wooburn Green]], [[Buckinghamshire]], and they had four children, Nigel Arthur (1909–1995), Richenda Dorothy (1911–1987), Mary Buxton (born 1913), and Priscilla Peronne (1916–1979).<ref name=burke/>
Buxton had houses in [[Knightsbridge]] and [[Trimingham]], [[Norfolk]].<ref name=probate>"BUXTON the reverend Arthur of Trimingham Norfolk and of 5 Albert Court London S.W.7 clerk" in Probate Index for 1958</ref> In London, he was a member of the [[Athenaeum Club, London|Athenaeum Club]].<ref name=Crockford/>
He died on 6 January 1958, at 31, [[Queen's Gate]], [[Kensington]], leaving an estate valued at £139,931, .<ref name=probate/>
==Notes==
[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century English Anglican priests]]
[[Category:Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers]]
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