Butler

Butler, GEORGE, D.D., born in London in 1774, from a school kept by his father in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, proceeded to Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, of which he was elected a fellow. He was head-master of Harrow from 1805 till 1829, when he retired to the Northamptonshire rectory of Gayton, and Dean of Peterborough from 1842 till his death on 30th April 1853.—GEORGE BUTLER, D.D., his eldest son, born in 1819, was educated at Harrow, at Trinity College, Cambridge, and at Exeter College, Oxford, where in 1841 he gained the Hertford, and in 1843 took a first-class in classics. He became vice-principal of Cheltenham College, and was principal of Liverpool College from 1867 to 1882, when Mr Gladstone gave him a canonry of Winchester. He was author of various religious, educational, and other works. In 1852 he married Josephine, daughter of the agriculturist, John Grey of Dilston (see WOMEN'S RIGHTS). He died 14th March 1890. See the Recollections by his wife (1892).—His youngest brother, HENRY MONTAGU BUTLER, D.D., born in 1833, was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was senior classic in 1855. He was head-master of Harrow from 1859 till 1885, when he accepted the deanery of Gloucester, to exchange it, however, next year for the mastership of Trinity.