Family and Education
b. c. 1651, 1st s. of James Butler, Clothworker, of London and Amberley by 2nd w. Prudence, da. of John van Acker, merchant, of London. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. matric. 5 May 1668, aged 17; travelled abroad c.1669. m. by 1674, Grace (d. 11 Nov. 1734), da. and coh. of Richard Caldicott of Sherrington, Selmeston, 1s. 4da. suc. fa 1660.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 22-23, 119; Dormant and Extinct Baronetcies, 540-1; Inhabitants of London in 1638 ed. Dale, i. 39.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Suss. 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90, enclosures, Ashdown forest 1677; dep. lt. Suss. by 1683 – 85, j.p. 1690–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Amberley; Patcham, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BUTLER, James (c.1651-96)
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Oxford 1644
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