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Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton

Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton

Former Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, GCMG, PC was a radical British Liberal politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as the second Governor-General of South Africa from 1914 to 1920 Wikipedia
Born: October 25, 1853, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 15, 1934 (age 80 years), Newtimber, United Kingdom
Previous offices: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (1914–1920), President of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom (1910–1914), and Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (1905–1910)