{{Short description|British banker}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} '''Andrew Robert Fowell Buxton''' CMG (born 1939) was a British banker who was the first group chief executive of Barclays from 1992–93, and group chairman from 1993-99.
==Early life== Andrew Robert Fowell Buxton was born in 1939.<ref name=Barclays>{{cite web|title=Andrew Buxton (Chief Executive 1992-1993; Chairman 1993-1999)|url=https://www.archive.barclays.com/items/show/19501|website=Barclays|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> His father was Captain Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton (1913-1943). He is a descendant of Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet.
He was educated at Winchester College. He graduated from the University of Oxford. He did his national service with the Grenadier Guards.<ref name=Barclays />
==Career== In 1993, he succeeded Sir John Quinton as chairman of Barclays Bank.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sir John Quinton|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/9239493/Sir-John-Quinton.html|accessdate=4 August 2015|work=Daily Telegraph|date=1 May 2012}}</ref> He was chairman until 1999.<ref name=Barclays/>
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