Charles Salisbury Butler Explained

Charles Salisbury Butler
Office:Member of Parliament
for Tower Hamlets
Term Start:8 July 1852
Term End:18 November 1868
Alongside:Acton Smee Ayrton (1857–1868)
William Clay (18521857)
Predecessor:George Thompson
William Clay
Successor:Acton Smee Ayrton
Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda
Birth Date:1812
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Radical
Parents:John Butler
Elizabeth Mary Butt
Children:Eight

Charles Salisbury Butler (1812 – 12 November 1870) was a British Liberal Party and Radical politician.

Family and early life

Born in 1812, Butler was the son of John and Elizabeth Mary (née Butt) Butler. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Kingstone, in 1833 and they had eight children: Charles Edward Kingstone (died 1869); John Banks Meek; Elizabeth Lecesne Kingstone; Emily; Sophia; Frances; Rosa Seldon; and Louisa.[1]

Political career

Butler was elected Radical MP for Tower Hamlets at the 1852 general election[2] and, joining the Liberal Party upon its formation in 1859, he held the seat until 1868 when he stood down.[3] [1]

Other activities

Butler was also a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex, City of Westminster and the Liberties of the Tower of London as well as Deputy Lieutenant for the latter. He also held the role of Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the Liberties of Her Majesty's Tower and of the Court of Lieutenancy of the Tower Hamlets, and Chairman of the Divisional Bench of the County of Middlesex. Upon the death of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, he jointly and temporarily held the office of Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets with William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burke. Bernard. Bernard Burke. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. 1906. Рипол Классик. 9785883722270. 244. 20 March 2018.
  2. Book: Weinstein. Benjamin. Liberalism and Local Government in Early Victorian London. 2011. Boydell & Brewer. 9780861933129. 91. 20 March 2018.
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.