John Buxton was an English lawyer and politician. In 1656, in the Second Protectorate Parliament

Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...

 he was the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Norfolk

Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...

, one of three replacements of the knights of the shire for the county of Norfolk, replacing those who had been elected in the 1654 parliament (First Protectorate Parliament

First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....

); the other two were Charles Fleetwood

Charles Fleetwood

Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally...

 and Sir Horatio Townshend

Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend

Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend , known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an English politician....

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He was admitted to Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

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 in 1626, and took over as High Sheriff of Norfolk

High Sheriff of Norfolk

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in 1638 after the death of Sir Francis Astley.