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BUTLER.
dated 27 March, 1846. He has been since serving in the last-mentioned ship in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant.
BUTLER. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 26; h-p., 14.)
Charles George Butler entered the Navy, 20 June, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Gardner, and, on removing to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Gambier, witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, in April, 1809. He attained the rating of Midshipman in Nov. following; was afterwards transferred in succession, 1 May, 1811, and 7 Oct. 1814, to the Unicorn 32, and Armide 40, Capts. Geo. Burgoyne Salt and Sam. Geo. Pechell, under the former of whom he aided in capturing, 30 March, 1813, the French privateer Miquelonnaise, of 18 guns and 130 men; next joined, between Oct. 1815, and Sept. 1818, the Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley, Conway 24, Capts. John Tancock and Edw. Barnard, in the East Indies, Iphigenia 36, Capt. J. Tancock, for passage home, and Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, on the Cork station; then became attached to the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, under whom he was for three years employed on the Coast Blockade; and, after a further servitude in the Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, and Brazen 18, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, was promoted to his present rank 29 Jan. 1822. Lieut. Butler’s appointments have since been – 26 June, 1824, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead, on the Jamaica station, where he remained two years – 16 Dec. 1835, to the Coast Guard, in which he served upwards of six years – 23 May, 1842, to the command of the Aetna, of 8 guns, on the Home station – and, 20 June, 1844, to be Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel, a capacity in which he is now employed.
Lieut. Butler is Senior of 1822. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
BUTLER, Lord. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Wandesford Butler is youngest son of the late Marquess of Ormonde, by Grace Louisa, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples; and has two brothers, Lords Walter and Jas. Wandesford Butler, in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1833; passed his examination 21 Feb. 1840; served two years as Mate with Lord Clarence Edw. Paget in the Aigle 24, on the Mediterranean station; and was advanced to his present rank 10 June, 1844. He has been employed, since 28 June, 1845, in the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, on the East India station.
BUTLER. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
George Butler entered the Navy in 1803, and, after accompanying Rear-Admiral James Rich. Dacres to the West Indies, joined the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, in which ship he was present in Sir Robt. Calder’s action with the squadrons of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805, and at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. Joining then the Loire 38, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, he assisted at the reduction, in Feb. 1809, and Feb. 1810, of the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, after which he removed, in succession, to the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Dreadnought 98, Capt. H. Lindsey, and, on 19 Nov. 1811, was promoted into the Leveret sloop, stationed in the North Sea, where he soon became First-Lieutenant. He was afterwards appointed to the Pyramus 36, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas – Hydra 38, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, the boats of which ship he commanded in a successful attack on the forts of the Mississippi during the operations against New Orleans – and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at Newfoundland, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1816, never having till then been a fortnight on shore from the period of his first joining the service. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Butler, for the last thirty years, has filled the office of magistrate for the co. of Berks. Agent – J. Hinxman.
BUTLER. (Commander, 1839. f-p.,19; h-p.,16.)
Humphrey Butler entered the Navy, 12 March, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Oak 74, flag-ship successively of Rear- Admirals Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Pulteney Malcolm. He attained the rating of Midshipman in May, 1813; and after serving for some time in the North Sea, off the Western Islands, and in Basque Roads, accompanied Rear-Admiral Malcolm to North America, where we find him actively employed during the operations against Washington and Baltimore, the attack on New Orleans, and the reduction of Fort Bowyer. From Sept. 1815, to Sept. 1818, he next served in the Ister 42, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the Mediterranean, along the coast of Scotland, and off Newfoundland. He joined, in Aug. 1820, the Leander,60, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Hon. Henry Blackwood; received an order to act as Lieutenant of the Topaze frigate, Capts. John Rich. Lumley, Chas. Richardson, and Price Blackwood, 14 March, 1821; and, on 11 Dec. following, was confirmed. About the same period, Mr. Butler took part, during a visit to China with Capt. Richardson, in a very severe dispute between the natives and the British, on the amicable settlement of which, however, he returned home and was paid off towards the close of 1822. His subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, appear to have been – 18 Nov. 1824, to the Ocean 80, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, flag-ship afterwards of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, off Lisbon – 9 Jan. 1827, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the same station – 28 Oct. 1830, to the Tyne 28, Capt. Chas. Hope, in South America, where he was superseded in, we believe, Sept. 1832 – and, 5 May, 1836, to the Royal Adelaide 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to his patron, Lord Amelius Beauclerk, then Commanderin-Chief at Plymouth. At the expiration of the latter officer’s term of service he was advanced to his present rank by commission dated 4 May, 1839. He has not since been employed. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
BUTLER. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Thomas Atkinson Butler passed his examination in 1818; was promoted, 6 Oct. 1827, into the Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the Halifax station; joined next, 15 Nov. 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast Blockade; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 31 March, 1831, and resigned it in 1834; and from 5 July, 1836, until 1840, and irom 19 Aug. 1842, until 1843, was again employed in the same service. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 April, 1841, Emma Louisa, second daughter of Commander Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, R.N.
BUTLER. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 10; h-p., 38.)
Whitwell Butler entered the Navy, 23 April, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, and, under the latter officer, was present, as Midshipman, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. From Nov. following until May, 1803, he next served in the Puissant 74, Capt. Wm. Sims, at Spithead, and Bloodhound gun-brig, Lieut-Commanders Joseph Bradby Boyne and Henry Richardson, in the Downs. He then joined the Melpomene 38, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Peter Parker, which ship appears to have been twice employed in bombarding the town of Havre de Grace. In Sept. 1806, Mr. Butler removed to the Thunderer 74, Capt. John Talbot;
