Butler

Butler, ALBAN, Catholic hagiographer, was born at Appletree, Northampton, in 1710. He was educated at Douai, and became professor there; was for some time chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk; and at his death (15th May 1773) was head of the English College at St Omer. His great work is the Lives of the Saints (4 vols. Lond. 1756-59).—His nephew, Charles Butler (1750-1832), was known as a lawyer and author on legal and theological subjects.