Ronald Buxton

Ronald Carlile Buxton MC (20 August 1923 – 10 January 2017) was a chartered structural engineer, businessman, and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Buxton came to national attention after a spectacular showing at the 1965 Leyton by-election, which he won unexpectedly, prompting Sir Alec Douglas-Home to declare "The best epitaph on a hundred days of socialist government...my friend the member for Leyton." The unconcealed joy was not to last; he was a Member of Parliament for a little over a year, losing his seat at the 1966 general election. He identified with British settlers in Africa, and at the 1958 Conservative Party Conference asked that their position be safeguarded in independence negotiations. They had four children: Peter Hildred Buxton (1960-) Camilla Jane Buxton (1960-) Vanessa Ann Buxton (1962-) Robert Victor Buxton (1966-)

Buxton purchased Kimberley Hall, Wymondham, Norfolk- still owned by the Buxton family- in 1958. It had been due for demolition. Buxton aimed to restore it to some grandeur, but not before evicting from residence a rare colony of English bats.

Buxton died on 10 January 2017 at the age of 93.