Thomas Boughton Buchanan (1833 – 28 June 1924) was a cleric in the Church of England. He was the Archdeacon of Wilts from 1874 until 1911.

Born in 1833,BUCHANAN, Ven. Thomas Boughton, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 29 Nov 2012 he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1857. After a curacy in Wilton he was rector of Wishford Magna from 1863. Appointed a chaplain to George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury,The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Wednesday, 1 June 1870; p 4; Issue 2501 in 1870, the following year he became vicar of Potterne. He was rector of Poulshot from 1891 to 1905 and a Residentiary Canon at Salisbury Cathedral from 1894.Ecclesiastical Intelligence. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 6 Dec 1894; p 8; Issue 34440

During his incumbency at Poulshot, where the church was some distance from the village, he instigated the provision of a chapel-of-ease which was built in 1897 on land adjacent to his rectory.

He died on 28 June 1924.Canon T. B. Buchanan The Times (London, England), Monday, 30 Jun 1924; p 19; Issue 43691

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