Editing Buxton (section)

== Famous Buxtonians ==
=== Public service ===
[[File:Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, Vanity Fair, 1903-07-30.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, Vanity Fair, 1903]]
[[File:Herbert Eisner.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|Herbert Eisner]]
* [[Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury]] (1860–1921), styled Viscount Ingestre, ran in the early 1880s a daily Greyhound (fast) coach service for the 20 miles from Buxton Spa to his house at [[History of Alton Towers|Alton Towers]].
* [[Henry Guppy (librarian)|Henry Guppy]] (1861–1948), Librarian of the [[John Rylands Research Institute and Library|John Rylands Library]] in Manchester from 1899 to 1948, lived in Buxton.
* [[Leonard W. Murray|Rear Admiral Leonard Warren Murray]] (1896–1971 in Buxton),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leonard-warren-murray |title=Canadian Encyclopedia |chapter=Murray, Leonard Warren |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115071646/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/leonard-warren-murray/ |first=
Marc |last=Milner |archive-date=15 January 2018 |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> senior officer of the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] who played a significant role in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]]
* [[John Pilkington Hudson]] (1910 in Buxton – 2007), horticultural scientist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/08/secondworldwar.obituaries |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 February 2008 |title=Obituary, John Hudson |first=Dan |last=van der Vat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205110603/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/08/secondworldwar.obituaries |archive-date=5 February 2017 |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> and [[bomb disposal]] expert
* [[Herbert Eisner]] (1921–2011), British-German scientist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8668910/Herbert-Eisner.html |title=Telegraph obituary: Herbert Eisner |date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115071635/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8668910/Herbert-Eisner.html |archive-date=15 January 2018 |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> high-expansion [[firefighting foam]], playwright, schooled and lived in Buxton
* [[Tony Marchington]] (1955 in Buxworth – 2011), biotechnology entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutderbyshire.co.uk/cms/11/flying-scotsman-steams-in.shtml |title=Flying Scotsman Steams Into Derbyshire! |first=Tom |last=Bates |website=About Derbyshire  |date=23 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727115833/http://www.aboutderbyshire.co.uk/cms/11/flying-scotsman-steams-in.shtml |archive-date=27 July 2011 |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref> and owner of the ''[[LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|Flying Scotsman]]''

=== Politics ===
* [[Hugh Molson, Baron Molson]] (1903–1991), Conservative<ref name="auto">{{usurped|1=[http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120109143504/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons3.htm Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs]}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> MP for [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] 1939–1961
* Sir [[Spencer Le Marchant]] (1931–1986), Conservative<ref name="auto"/> MP for [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] 1970 to 1983 
* [[Christopher Hawkins (High Peak MP)|Christopher Hawkins]] (born 1937), Conservative<ref name="auto"/> MP for [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] 1983–1992
* [[Tom Levitt]] (born 1954), Labour<ref>[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10356/tom_levitt/high_peak#profile TheyWorkForYou website, Tom Levitt MP] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001425/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10356/tom_levitt/high_peak |date=15 January 2018}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> MP [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] 1997–2010
* [[Andrew Bingham]] (born 1962 in Buxton), Conservative<ref>[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24748/andrew_bingham/high_peak#profile TheyWorkForYou website, profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001321/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24748/andrew_bingham/high_peak |date=15 January 2018}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> MP for [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]] 2010–2017

=== The Arts ===
[[File:Vera Brittain.jpg|thumb|140px|Vera Brittain]]
[[File:Lloyd Cole live in Münster (sept 2010).jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|Lloyd Cole, 2010]]
* [[Orlando Jewitt]] (1799–1869), architectural wood-engraver
* [[Vera Brittain]] (1893–1970), author of ''[[Testament of Youth]]'' and mother of [[Shirley Williams]], lived in Buxton from 1905<ref>{{cite book
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 |isbn=}}</ref> till 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/8484 |title=Vera Brittain author of "Testament of Youth" lived here 1907–1915 |publisher=openplaques.org |access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref>
* [[Robert Stevenson (filmmaker)|Robert Stevenson]], (1905–1986), Buxton-born director of [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] films including ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* [[John Buxton Hilton]] (1921–1986), Buxton-born crime writer<ref>[https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/john-buxton-hilton Curtis Brown website, literary and talent agency] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001708/https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/john-buxton-hilton |date=15 January 2018}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> 
* [[Angela Flanders]] (1927–2016), Buxton-born [[perfumer]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/22/angela-flanders-perfumer--obituary/ |title=Angela Flanders, perfumer – obituary |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=22 May 2016 |access-date=24 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524105516/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/22/angela-flanders-perfumer--obituary/ |archive-date=24 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Marjorie Lynette Sigley]] (1928–1997), Buxton-born artist, writer and actress, teacher, choreographer, theatre director and TV producer
* [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], (1929–2008), Buxton-born character actress with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
* [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] (1940–2020), comic actor in [[The Goodies]]
* [[David Fallows]] (born 1945 in Buxton), [[Musicology|musicologist]]<ref>[http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/David.fallows/ Research page, University of Manchester] {{webarchive |url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20151221000934/http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/David.fallows/ |date=21 December 2015}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> specializing in music of the [[Ars nova|late Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]]
* [[Dave Lee Travis]] (born 1945 in Buxton), disc jockey, radio and TV presenter
* [[Lloyd Cole]] (born 1961 in Buxton), musician,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lloyd-cole-mn0000229348/biography |title=Lloyd Cole |publisher=AllMusic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114184726/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lloyd-cole-mn0000229348/biography |archive-date=14 January 2018 |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref> songwriter, frontman of [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]]
* [[Dan Rhodes]] (born 1972), writer,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3592073/A-writers-life-Dan-Rhodes.html |title=A writer's life: Dan Rhodes |first=Lloyd |last=Evans |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=22 March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824201359/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3592073/A-writers-life-Dan-Rhodes.html |archive-date=24 August 2017 |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2024}} awarded the [[E. M. Forster Award]] in 2010, lives in Buxton.
* [[Bruno Langley]] (born 1983), actor, who played [[Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who)|Adam Mitchell]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and [[Todd Grimshaw]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', was brought up in Buxton.
* [[Lucy Spraggan]] (born 1991), musician (folk, acoustic, hip hop pop), went to school in Buxton.
* [[Kate Butch]], drag queen from series 5 of  ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]'', grew up in Buxton and attended [[Buxton Community School]].

=== Sport ===
[[File:Mick Andrews Yamaah 1976.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|Mick Andrews, 1976]]
* [[William Shipton]] (1861 in Buxton – 1941 in Buxton), cricketer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/229835.html |title=Obituaries in 1941 |date=16 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111074148/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/229835.html |archive-date=11 November 2012 |publisher=Wisden |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref> later a solicitor in Buxton 
* [[Fred Smith (footballer, born 1887)|Fred Smith]] (1887 in Buxton – 1957), footballer before WWI, mainly for [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield]]
*[[Bobby Blood]] (1894 in [[Harpur Hill]] – 1988), footballer for [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Brom]] and [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport]] 
* [[George Bailey (athlete)|George Bailey]] (1906 in Buxton – 2000), steeplechaser,<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/george-bailey-2.html George Bailey, Olympics at Sports-Reference.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001333/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/george-bailey-2.html |date=15 January 2018 }} retrieved January 2018.</ref> competed at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Frank Soo]] (1914 in Buxton – 1991), [[Stoke City F.C.]] footballer<ref>[https://footballpink.net/2016/02/29/the-wanderer-just-who-was-frank-soo/ The Wanderer–Just who was Frank Soo, The Football Pink] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021045137/https://footballpink.net/2016/02/29/the-wanderer-just-who-was-frank-soo/ |date=21 October 2016 }} retrieved January 2018.</ref> (173 pro appearances) and first mixed-race professional to represent England
* [[John Tarrant (runner)|John Tarrant]] (1932–1975), long-distance runner,<ref name=derbyt>[http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Amazing-story-ghost-runner-ndash-man-just-couldn/story-13179473-detail/story.html Amazing Story of the Ghost Runner]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}, Derby Telegraph, 11 December 2011, Retrieved 14 September 2015.</ref> ''"The Ghost Runner"'', lived in Buxton.
* [[Mick Andrews]] (born 1944 in Buxton), former international<ref>[http://www.mickandrews.net/ MickAndrews.net website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123010327/http://www.mickandrews.net/ |date=23 January 2015 }} retrieved January 2018</ref> [[motorcycle trials]] rider
* [[Les Bradd]] (born 1947 in Buxton), former footballer,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080227030912/http://www.football-england.com/les_bradd.html Player profile Football_england.com archive] retrieved January 2018.</ref> over 580 pro appearances, all-time leading goalscorer for [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
* [[Carl Mason]] (born 1953 in Buxton), professional golfer<ref>[http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/players/playerid=121/bio/index.html "Carl Mason"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104063710/http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/players/playerid=121/bio/index.html |date=4 November 2011 }}, Player biographies, [[PGA European Tour|The PGA European Tour]], accessed 1 July 2012</ref>
* [[Mark Higgins (footballer)|Mark Higgins]] (born 1958 in Buxton), former [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke]] footballer, 265 pro appearances
* [[Lorraine Winstanley]] (born 1975) <ref>[https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=10337 Player profile on Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915231938/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=10337 |date=15 September 2017}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> and [[Dean Winstanley]] (born 1981),<ref>[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=7471 Player profile on Dean Winstanley from Dartsdatabase] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118042621/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=7471 |date=18 January 2016}} retrieved January 2018.</ref> [[British Darts Organisation|BDO]] darts players, live in Buxton.
* [[Ben Burgess]] (born 1981 in Buxton), Irish footballer,<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20396 SoccerBase Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227061859/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20396 |date=27 December 2017 }} retrieved January 2018.</ref> played for [[Hull City F.C.]] and [[Blackpool F.C.]]
* [[Abbie Wood]] (born 1999 in Buxton) swam in two finals at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley results |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57970374 |access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Tokyo Olympics: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57994179 |access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref>