Falklands : Falklands Mark Lord Buxton's Passing
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 08.09.2009 (Article Archived on 22.09.2009)
The photo shows his arrival on one of the first flights to land at Mount Pleasant on 12 May 1985. Sir Rex Hunt greeted the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Heseltine. Lord Buxton is seen on the steps and is located 4th from the bottom. Photo © Crown Copyright – Photo Section Mount Pleasant
FALKLANDS MARK LORD BUXTON’S PASSING
By J. Brock (FINN)
Lord Buxton made several visits to the Falklands. The photo shows his arrival on one of the first flights to land at Mount Pleasant on 12 May 1985. Sir Rex Hunt greeted the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Heseltine. Lord Buxton is seen on the steps and is located 4th from the bottom. Photo © Crown Copyright – Photo Section Mount Pleasant
It was with sadness that FINN read in the Telegraph that Lord Buxton of Alsa had passed away, aged 91. His Falklands connections were far-reaching with membership on committees and making several visits to the Islands in the 80s and 90s.
In 1981 he and the late Lord Shackleton set up the South-west Atlantic Group that helped to save HMS Endurance from being withdrawn from the vicinity.
While in London during the conflict Sir Rex, at Aubry Buxton’s invitation stayed in his London flat and spent Easter at Cindy Buxton’s cottage in Norfolk.
In the 1990s Aubry Buxton became president of the Falkland Islands Foundation, a conservation body fighting to preserve the birds threatened by reductions in their food supply due to overfishing.
He came to the Falklands on 12 May, 1985 with a delegation that included the then Defence Minister Michael Heseltine, Lord Shackleton, Lord Strathcona, Sir Humphrey Atkins, Mr Ian Gow and Air Marshall Sir Peter Harding. Later, in 1992, he visited the Falklands during Heritage Year.
Lord Buxton had a family connection with the Islands, his daughter Cindy, a wildlife film-maker who filmed extensively in the Falklands especially on Carcass Island and the Jason Islands. Aubry Buxton and his then wife, Maria visited Cindy on South Georgia during the filming of a documentary about wildlife on the Island. Stranded on South Georgia during the Argentine invasion of 1982, Cindy and her filming assistant, Anne Price were rescued by HMS Endurance.
Source 1 - Telegraph UK
Source 2 - "My Falkland Days "by Sir Rex Hunt
Source 3 - FINN's files and Notes
Source 4 - the Late Brian Harper
Source 5 - Photo Section Mount Pleasant (1985 Archive)
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