Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
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Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton was the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1914 to 1920. He was created Viscount Buxton, of Newtimber in the County of Sussex, in 1914, and advanced as Earl Buxton in 1920.
Many South African schools have a Buxton House named after him.
| Preceded by: Lord Stanley | Postmaster General 1905–1910 | Succeeded by: Herbert Samuel |
| Preceded by: Winston Churchill | President of the Board of Trade 1910–1914 | Succeeded by: John Burns |
| Preceded by: The Viscount Gladstone | Governor-General of South Africa 1914–1920 | Succeeded by: HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught |