# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-thomas-buxton-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:26:28.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-thomas-buxton-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-thomas-buxton-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield and Runton, was an English Member of Parliament, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer. He married Hannah Gurney, whose sister became Elizabeth Fry, and became a great friend of her brother Joseph John Gurney and the extended Gurney family."
tagline: "British politician; (1786-1845)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SirThomasBuxton1stBt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1786-04-01"
deathDate: "1845-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             4.800362976406535
  historical:           5.486790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fowell_Buxton"
    title: "Thomas Fowell Buxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "السير توماس بوكستين البارون الاول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowell_Buxton"
    title: "Fowell Buxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Fowell_Buxton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fowell_Buxton"
    title: "Thomas Fowell Buxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fowell_Buxton_d.%C3%A4."
    title: "Thomas Fowell Buxton d.ä."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5591064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump