Anthony Buxton

{{Short description|British soldier and writer (1881–1970)}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1881|09|2|df=y}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1970|08|9|1881|09|2|df=y}}

|allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}

|branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}

|unit = Essex Yeomanry

|battles =First World War

|alma_mater = Harrow School
Trinity College, Cambridge

|spouse = Mary Philomena

|children = 4

|relations = Edward North Buxton (father)

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Anthony Buxton {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DSO|DL|JP}} (2 September 1881 – 9 August 1970) was a British soldier and author.‘BUXTON, Maj. Anthony’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U53893 accessed 21 Dec 2013]The Times, Monday, Aug 10, 1970; pg. 8; Issue 57940; col F

Major A. Buxton Emperor in Abyssinian hoax

Category: Obituaries Major Anthony Buxton (Obituaries) P.J.L..

The Times Monday, Aug 17, 1970; pg. 8; Issue 57946; col E

He was the youngest son of Edward North Buxton. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1910 he was involved in the infamous Dreadnought hoax by the Bloomsbury Group.

During the First World War he served as an officer in the Essex Yeomanry, was wounded, mentioned in dispatches, and was awarded the DSO in 1916. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Essex in 1920.{{London Gazette |issue=31798 |page=2338 |date=27 February 1920}}

He married a Scotswoman, Mary Philomena (née Constable Maxwell) in 1926. They had a son and three daughters. She died in 1953{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishhighlanderphotoarchive.co.uk/imageDetail.aspx?ID=5319|title=Scottish Highland Photo Archive - Image Detail}}

He lived at Horsey Hall in Norfolk. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1945.

His publications include:

• Sport in Peace and War
• Sporting Interludes at Geneva, 1932
• Fisherman Naturalist, 1946
• Travelling Naturalist, 1948
• Happy Year, 1950
• Plus contributions to reviews and newspapers