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Type of entity
Person
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Noel-Buxton, Rufus, 1917-1980
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Description area
Dates of existence
1917-1980
History
Rufus Alexander Buxton, 2nd Baron Noel-Buxton, was born on January 13, 1917, in London, England, son of Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton (1869-1948), a British Liberal and later Labour politician.
He was a Labour politician and writer. He was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford (B.A., 1938). He worked as a Research Assistant at the Agricultural Economics Institute, Oxford (1940-1943) and Lecturer to HM Forces (1942-1945). He produced the North American Series, BBC (1946-1948) and wrote for Farmers' Weekly (1950-1952).
In 1939, he married Helen Nancy Connal (1911–1949) and divorced in 1947. In 1948, he remarried Margaret Elizabeth Cloete (1921-1978). He died on July 14, 1980, in London, England.