Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton was born in Cobham in 1822, a British subject whose working language was English. He held citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the trajectory of his life would lead him into the formal world of national politics.
Buxton worked as a politician and served as a member of Parliament. His career placed him within the legislative structures of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, where he engaged in the work of a sitting parliamentarian.
As a politician and member of Parliament, Buxton carried out his public role using the English language within British political life. The facts of his career identify him clearly as someone who operated at the level of national governance for a significant portion of his adult years.
Charles Buxton died on 10 August 1871, concluding a career that had been defined by his work as a politician and member of Parliament in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Quotes by Charles Buxton
You would think, if our lips were made of horn, and stuck out a foot or two from our faces, kisses at any rate would be done for. Not so. No creatures kiss each other so much as birds.
Bad temper is its, own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.
What you most repent of is a lasting sacrifice made under an impulse of good-nature. The goodness goes; the sacrifice sticks.
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul.
