Lucy Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton

Lucy Edith Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton (née Pelham Burn; 1888 – 9 December 1960) was a British Labour Party politician.

Lucy Edith Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton
Member of Parliament
for Norwich
with
John Paton
In office
5 July 1945 – 22 February 1950
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byHenry Strauss and
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for North Norfolk
In office
9 July 1930 – 26 October 1931
Preceded byNoel Buxton
Succeeded bySir Thomas Cook
Personal details
Born
Lucy Edith Pelham Burn

1888 (1888)
Winchester
Died9 December 1960(1960-12-09) (aged 71–72)
Frinton (Essex)
Political partyLabour
ChildrenSix

Life

She studied at Malvern St James then at Westfield College.[1] She married the 1st Baron Noel-Buxton in 1914 in London during the early summer of 1914.[2][3]

Career

Noel-Buxton was elected as Member of Parliament for North Norfolk at a by-election in 1930, after her husband, the MP Noel Buxton was elevated to the peerage as Baron Noel-Buxton. He had been Liberal Party for the seat until he was very narrowly defeated in 1918. After switching to the Labour Party he regained it in 1922 and held it at the next three elections. At the by-election Ladyy Noel-Buxton won the seat with a majority of only 139 votes over the Conservative candidate Thomas Cook.[4] Cook opposed her again at the 1931 general election and this time she lost by nearly 7,000 votes as Labour suffered a landslide defeat nationally. She stood again at the 1935 general election, and was again defeated, but did manage to halve Cook's majority.[4]

Lady Noel-Buxton returned to the House of Commons in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, when she was elected for the 2-seat Norwich constituency. She did not contest the 1950 general election.

Personal life

Lady Noel-Buxton had six children.

References
  1. C. V. J. Griffiths, Buxton, Lucy Edith Noel- [née Lucy Edith Burn], Lady Noel-Buxton (1888–1960), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, 2008
  2. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. Noel-Buxton, Lady, Lucy Edith. Who's Who 1949. Adam & Charles Black, London. p. 2065.
  4. Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 433. SBN 900178 01 9.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Noel Buxton		 Member of Parliament for North Norfolk
1930 – 1931		 Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Cook
Preceded by
Henry Strauss and
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare		 Member of Parliament for Norwich
1945 – 1950
With: John Paton		 Constituency abolished
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