BUTT, GEORGE, second son of Carey Butt, Lichfield, Staffs., surgeon, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Marten, Lichfield, Staffs., apothecary; b. 26 Dec 1741; in school list 1754; KS 1756; his acting as Demea in the Adelphi in 1759 was so successful that “he was, as he declared, for the only time in his life, overflowing with money forced upon him by the liberality of his audience” (Life and Times of Mrs Sherwood, 1910, 4); Capt. of the School 1760; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1761 - void 8 Oct 1772, expiry year of grace as R. Stanford and V. Clifton; BA 1765; MA 1768; BD and DD 1793; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1765, priest 20 Sep 1767 (both Oxford); Curate of Leigh, Staffs.; had leave of absence from Ch. Ch. to act as tutor in private family (Winnington of Stanford Court), 17 Dec 1765; Rector of Stanford on Teme, Worcs., from 31 Aug 1771; Vicar of Clifton, Worcs., Aug 1771 - res Mar 1787; Vicar of Newchurch, Isle of Wight, 1778-83; Rector of Notgrove, Gloucs., 1783; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1783 (still 1793); Vicar of Kidderminster, Worcs., from 23 Feb 1787; one of the circle of minor poets and literary ladies who gathered round Anna Seward, the “Swan” of Lichfield; author, Isaiah Versified, 1784, and other poems; in his Poems, 1793, ii, 107, he refers to his “partialities for Westminster School”; m. 26 Apr 1773 Mary Martha, dau. of Henry Sherwood, Coventry, Warwicks., a London silk merchant; d. 30 Sep 1795. DNB.

BUTSON, WILLIAM EDWARDS STRANGE, son of Lieut. -Col. W. Strange Butson, Upper Gloucester Place, Dorset Square, London; b. 7 Aug 1869; adm. (H) 31 May 1883; left Aug 1885; an estate agent in North Wales; served during 1914-18 war in Forage Department; temp. Lieut. , RASC 1 Dec 1915.

BUTLEY, JOHN, son of John Butley, Westminster; b.; in school lists 1731 (surname misread by Russell Barker & Stenning as Bulkley), 1733; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1734; KS 1735; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1739, matr. 22 Jun 1739, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1739 - 23 Jun 1749, void; BA 1743; ordained; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1746; resident in Greenwich, Kent; living 1754; author, The Holy Bible illustrated and explained in a complete measure for every Christian, 5th edn., 1762; m. 2 Feb 1748 Catherine Stonestreet (IGI). [Note will of Catherine Butley, East Greenwich, Kent, widow, proved PCC 8 May 1775]

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.

BUTLER, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1749 (Macklin's); left 1749.

BUTLER, PAUL, brother of William John Butler (qv); b. 20 Mar 1821; adm. (G) 30 Sep 1833; KS 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1838, matr. 30 May 1838; BA 1842; MA 1844; partner in banking firm of Hugh and John Johnstone, Great Bush Lane and Cannon Street, London, 1849; purchased Wyck estate, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucs., 1875; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1875; m. 1854 Louisa, youngest dau. of George Henry Barnett, Glympton Park, Oxfordshire, banker; killed in the hunting field 21 Dec 1875.

BUTLER, JOHN, son of Maurice Butler, Reading, Berks.; b.; adm.; in school list 1734; KS (aged 13) 1740; left 1741.

BUTLER, JAMES, son of James Butler, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1714; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1718, matr. 17 Jun 1718, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1718 - 10 Jul 1731, void; BA 1722; MA 1725.

BUTLER, HENRY, third son of Capt. Henry Butler, 59th Foot, and Clara, eldest dau. of John Taylor, The Newarke [Leicester ? : check]; b. 11 Oct 1850; adm. (G) 20 Feb 1865; left Aug 1865; Ensign, 31st Foot 20 May 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; Adjutant May 1878 – Mar 1880; Capt., East Surrey Regt., 20 Mar 1880; d. 9 Aug 1884.

Butler, Eric Norman, son of Thomas Harrison Butler, M. D., and Ellen Butler, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire; b. Sept. 13, 1902; adm. as K.S. Sept. 21, 1916; left April 1917; King's Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1927; in practice in Birmingham; a Commissioner of the Board of Control; Lieut. R.A.M.C. May 20, 1940; m. Oct. 29, 1932, Joan Bogle, daughter of Harold Alfred Squire Hickson, of Ealing.