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Buxton was always much more effective behind the scenes, acting as policy advisor on foreign and colonial issues to the Labour Party. He showed particular interest in the rights of indigenous people of Africa, and travelled widely in the continent.
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The Buxtons lived a frugal lifestyle - on their walking tours in the south of England, they were sometimes mistaken for tramps - and moved to
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in 1910 but lost his seat in the second election of that year. In 1914 he, along with his brother Noel, made his way to
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for the Labour Party and lost, won the seat in 1922, and lost again in 1923. He won the seat of
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and was principal there from 1902 to 1910. He wrote articles on various subjects and edited the
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Lancashire
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in October 1914. While there, an assassination attempt was made on them, by
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Charles retired from politics in 1939 and lived in his daughter's house in
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in 1920, he was very impressed by what he saw, and wrote a book about it,
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from the boulevard named after the brothers Noel & Charles Buxton in
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He took up law and was called to the bar in 1902. He gave lectures at
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Noel-Buxton, Noel Noel-Buxton Baron; Leese, Charles Leonard (1919).
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was a prominent figure in British politics, as was his cousin
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He grew up on the family estate in Essex and was educated at
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Buxton papers at London School of Economics (LSE) Archives
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contributions in Parliament by Charles Roden Buxton
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