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Butt, George (DNB00)
George Butt may refer to: * George Butt (priest) George Butt (26 December 1741 – 30 September 1795) was a British people, British poet, teacher, cleric. He became George III's Chaplain-in-Ordinary. He and his wife Martha had three children and to varying degrees they were all writers. Life But ... * George Butt (politician) {{hndis, Butt, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Butt (priest)
George Butt (26 December 1741 – 30 September 1795) was a British people, British poet, teacher, cleric. He became George III's Chaplain-in-Ordinary. He and his wife Martha had three children and to varying degrees they were all writers. Life Butt was born and christened in Lichfield in 1741. He went to Westminster School and then to college in Oxford. He graduated and took a masters in 1768 but he did not become a Doctor of Divinity until 1793. Butt's first job was as rector at Leigh, Staffordshire, Leigh in Staffordshire. This was a position arranged by Sir Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet, Walter Bagot. He was taken on by Sir Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet, Edward Winnington who employed him as a tutor for Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet, his son and after he had him accompany him to the same college that Butt had graduated from in Oxford.Nigel Aston, ‘Butt, George (1741–1795)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 26 Aug 2014/r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
