Martin Noel-Buxton, 3rd Baron Noel-Buxton

Martin Connal Noel-Buxton, 3rd Baron Noel-Buxton (born December 8, 1940 in Surrey , † December 1, 2013 in London ) was a British peer and politician ( Conservative Party ).

Life

Martin Connal Noel-Buxton, 3rd Baron Noel-Buxton, was the eldest son of Rufus Alexander Buxton, 2nd Baron Noel-Buxton (1917-1980), and his wife Helen Nancy Connal († 1949), a daughter of Colonel Kenneth Hugh Munro Connal, born. His grandfather was Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton (1869-1948), member of the House of Commons and Minister of Agriculture under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (1924; 1929-1930). His parents separated when he was two years old. He first grew up with his mother in Scotland . After his mother's death - he was just eight years old - he returned to live with his father, whom he had not seen in years, and lived with him and his stepmother on the family estate near Coggeshall , Essex . His father and stepmother were both alcoholics .

Noel-Buxton attended Bryanston School and studied at Balliol College of Oxford University . There he completed the course Philosophy, Politics and Economics and graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He also earned a master's degree in law . In 1966 he was admitted as a solicitor . He was the Director of Central Wagon Co. Ltd. (1975). He was also a partner in the law firm Speedily Bircham, slrs. His main areas of work included commercial law and copyright law .

With the death of his father on July 14, 1980, he inherited the title of Baron Noel-Buxton . His father died as a result of his alcoholism.

In 1983, Noel-Buxton was fired by his employer after being convicted of drunk driving. In 1981 he had been treated for the first time for alcoholism and was subsequently admitted to a psychiatric clinic. Noel-Buxton had been drinking excessively regularly since college at Oxford and had continued to use alcohol at work; half a bottle of vodka was the norm for him. Ten years of severe alcohol abuse followed, which only ended in 1994 after several hospital stays. Since October 1994 he was a "dry alcoholic". By now Noel-Buxton had used up all his fortune. At the end of the 1990s he was without income and unemployed. He had to report to the Clapham job center every two weeks .

Noel-Buxton published the book Arresting Destruction in 2010 about his experiences as an alcoholic and his healing . Recovery from Alcoholism .

Membership in the House of Lords

With the inheritance of the title of Baron Noel-Buxton, Noel-Buxton became an official member of the House of Lords on July 14, 1980 . In the House of Lords he sat for the Conservative Party . His inaugural address took place on February 26, 1981 in the context of the debate on the so-called Companies Bills .

A total of around 30 contributions by Noel-Buxton from 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1996 are documented in Hansard . On January 11, 1996 he spoke for the last time. His membership in the House of Lords ended on November 11, 1999 by the House of Lords Act 1999 .

Personal and family

Noel-Buxton was married a total of three times. On July 21, 1964 he married Miranda Mary Chisenhale-Marsh († 1979), the daughter of Major Hugo Atherton Chisenhale-Marsh. The marriage was divorced again in 1968. In 1972 he married Sarah Margaret Surridge Barrett for the second time. The marriage resulted in two children, a son and a daughter. The second marriage ended in divorce in 1982. In 1986 he married Abigail Marie Granger for the third time; from this marriage a daughter (* 1989) was born. He lived separately from his wife since the 1990s.

In 2003, he lived in 26 Tennyson Street, a one-room apartment in the district of Battersea in the district Wandsworth in London . He had rented his apartment from the Peabody Trust, a charity for the homeless . Noel-Buxton died unexpectedly in his apartment at the age of 72. The funeral took place on 19 December 2013 at St. Thomas's Church in Upshire in the county of Essex instead.

The title heir is Charles Connal Noel-Buxton (* 1975), his son from his second marriage.

Web links

• Martin Noel-Buxton at Hansard (English)
• Lord, forgive them - Article in: The Independent, June 29, 1998

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} NOEL-BUXTON, Rt Hon 3rd Baron (1940-2013) report of death in: Peerage News from December 7, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Connal Noel-Buxton, 3rd Baron Noel-Buxton on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Lord, forgive them article in: The Independent of June 29, 1998
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Arresting Destruction. Recovery from Alcoholism Contents, short biography and excerpt from the book Arresting Destruction. Recovery from Alcoholism
5. ↑ Companies (No. 2) Bill Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of February 26, 1981
6. ^ Arbitration Bill Text of the speech of January 11, 1996

predecessor	Office	successor
Rufus Alexander Buxton	Baron Noel-Buxton 1980-2013	Charles Connal Noel-Buxton