Editing Buxton (section)

=== 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]]''