Clarence Edward Victor Buxton was born on 14 Jan 1892, the third son of Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton (1865-1919). He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. During World War I, he served in the Royal Field Artillery; he attained the rank of Major and was awarded the Military Cross. Buxton first went to Kenya in Apr 1912, to the farm that his father had acquired ten years earlier; he returned to Kenya after the War and it remained his home for the rest of his life.

In 1919, Buxton became Assistant District Commissioner in the East Africa Protectorate (now Kenya). In 1922, he was appointed District Officer, and in 1937 he became Acting Provincial Commissioner. In Sep 1938, Buxton was seconded to Palestine as Acting District Commissioner. He retired from the Colonial Service in Mar 1940.

Buxton's activities and interests in East Africa, other than his administrative work, included the Kenya National Farmers' Union and the Capricorn Africa Society. He also served as a Nairobi District Councillor (from 1947) and was appointed Supervisor of Elections in Pemba, Zanzibar, during the General Election of 1961. He served also as Secretary to a Delimitation Commission appointed in Aug 1962, in connection with constituency boundaries, following the Zanzibar Constitutional Conference in London.

Buxton died on 18 Oct 1967.