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Buxton was born on 15 July 1918 in Oxford to Ada Mary Oakes and Leland
William Wilberforce Buxton, who was then a captain in the British Army intelligence serving in Cairo. His paternal grandparents were
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49:(15 July 1918 – 1 September 2009) was a British soldier, politician, television executive, and writer.
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He died on 1 September 2009, aged 91, from undisclosed causes.
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