BUTLER, Edward (?1686-1745), of Burleigh Park, Leics.

Family and Education

b. ?1686, s. of Robert Butler of London by his w. Martha. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 13 Oct. 1702, aged 16. m. 9 July 1723, Mary, da. of Anthony Tate of Burleigh Park, 1da.1PCC 290 Seymor.

Offices Held

Fellow of Magdalen 1710 – 22, president 1722 – d.; vice-chancellor of Oxford Univ. 1728–32.

Address

Main residence: Burleigh Park, Leics.

biography text

When Butler, an extreme Tory, was installed president of Magdalen in August 1722, an Oxford Jacobite reported that he made a speech ‘in which there was shewed much courage and honesty’,2Hearne, Colls. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) vii. 388-9; HMC Portland, vii. 321. i.e. Jacobitism. A year later he married Dr. Sacheverell’s sister-in-law, a lady of large fortune, who brought him Burleigh Park.3Hearne, viii. 97. Succeeding William Bromley jun. as Member for the University, he voted against the Government in all recorded divisions. He died 29 Oct. 1745.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. PCC 290 Seymor.
2. Hearne, Colls. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) vii. 388-9; HMC Portland, vii. 321.
3. Hearne, viii. 97.