Butler, William John, 1818-1894

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Butler, William John, 1818-1894

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1818-1894

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BUTLER, WILLIAM JOHN, eldest son of John Laforey Butler, Finchley, Middlesex, London merchant and banker, and Henrietta, dau. of Capt. Robert Patrick; b. 10 Feb 1818; adm. (G) 7 Oct 1830; KS 1832; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1836; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1836, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1836, scholar 1837; BA 1840; MA 1844 (incorp. Oxford 1847); DD 1885; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842 (Winchester); Curate, Dogmersfield, Hants., 1841-3, Puttenham, Surrey, 1843-4; Perpetual Curate of Wareside, Herts., 1844-6; Vicar of Wantage, Berks., 1846-80; founder and Warden of Penitential Sisterhood of St. Mary, Wantage, 1850; elected Bishop of Natal by diocesan synod 25 Oct 1866, but his election was disapproved by Archbishop Longley; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, Oxford, 1872; Canon of Worcester 1880-5; Dean of Lincoln from 15 Jul 1885; a Busby Trustee from 25 May 1889; author, Sermons for Working Men, 1847, and other works; m. 29 Jul 1843 Emma, dau. of George Henry Barnett, Glympton Park, Oxfordshire, banker; d. 14 Jan 1894. DNB.

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GB-2014-WSA-04258

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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