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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- NT 1, Little Dean's Yard
- NT 13, Moreton Terrace
- NT 14, Barton Street
- NT 15, Moreton Terrace
- NT 16, Vincent Square
- NT 17, Dean's Yard
- NT 17, Vincent Square
- NT 18, Dean's Yard
- NT 18, Great College Street
- NT 18, Vincent Square
- NT 19, Dean's Yard
- NT 2, Barton Street
- NT 2, Little Dean's Yard
- NT 20, Dean's Yard
- NT 20, Great College Street
- NT 22, Great College Street
- NT 22, Vincent Square
- NT 23, Vincent Square
- NT 26, Great College Street
- NT 29, Great College Street
- NT 29a, Great College Street
- NT 3, Dean's Yard
- NT 3, Little Dean's Yard
- NT 4, Barton Street
- NT 5, Barton Street
- NT 5a, Dean's Yard
- NT 6, Dean's Yard
- NT 7-9, Dean Bradley Street
- NT 7, Lord North Street
- NT 8, Gayfere Street
- NT Adrian Boult Building
- NT Adrian Boult Music Centre
- NT Armoury
- NT Armoury Block
- NT Ashburnham House
- NT Barton Street
- NT Boat House
- NT Busby Library
- NT Chapel
- NT Church House
- NT College Dormitory
- NT College Garden
- NT College Hall
- NT Dean's Yard
- NT Great College Street
- NT Great Sanctuary
- NT Grove Park
- NT Gym
- NT Liddell's Arch
- NT Little Dean's Yard
- NT Manoukian Music Centre
- NT Millicent Fawcett Hall
- NT Mother Dawson's
- NT Nenthead House, Alston
- NT Robert Hooke Science Centre
- NT School
- NT School Gateway
- NT School House, Alston
- NT Singleton's
- NT Sports Centre
- NT St Edward's House
- NT Sutcliff's
- NT Tothill Fields
- NT Tothill Street
- NT Tufton Street
- NT Turles House
- NT Under School
- NT Vincent Square
- NT Westminster Abbey
- NT Weston Building