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William Button (golfer)
William Button may refer to: * William I Button (died 1264), Bishop of Bath and Wells * William II Button (died 1274), Bishop of Bath and Wells * William Button (died 1547), MP for Chippenham * William Button (1526–1591), member of the Parliament of England for Marlborough * Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (c. 1584–1655), of the Button baronets, MP for Wiltshire and Morpeth * William Butten or Button (died 1620), ''Mayflower'' passenger * Sir William Button, 2nd Baronet (c. 1614–1660), of the Button baronets * William Stammers Button (1795–1876), English settler in Tasmania; first mayor of Launceston * William Robert Button (1895–1921), American Medal of Honor recipient * William John Button (died 1969), British Empire Gallantry Medal recipient See also * Button (surname) Button is an English surname. The name is generally held to be occupational, for people involved in making or selling buttons, a word derived from the Old French ''bo(u)ton''. However, other origins are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William I Button
William of Bitton (died 1264) was a medieval English Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life William was probably born in Bitton in Gloucestershire.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a relative of Walter Giffard and uncle of William of Bitton II, his two successors in the office of Bishop of Bath and Wells.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops' He was also uncle of Thomas of Bitton, precentor, archdeacon and dean of Wells,Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Deans of Wells' and Bishop of Exeter. William was an official of Jocelin of Wells in 1231 and was subdean of Wells in 1233.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Subdeans of Wells' He was named Archdeacon of Wells by 7 May 1238 and held the office until he was elected bishop.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Archdeacons of Wells' During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William II Button
William of Bitton (died 1274) was a medieval Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life William was a son of Sir Adam of Bitton in Gloucestershire and the brother of Thomas Bitton who was precentor, archdeacon of WellsGreenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops' and Dean of Wells and Bishop of Exeter.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' His uncle was William of Bitton I, Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was rector of Buckland from 1257 and rector of Congresbury in Somerset from 1252.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Unidentified Prebendaries' Before 13 December 1262 he was a canon of Bath and Wells, and was archdeacon of Wells as well as rector of Middlezoy in Somerset by 20 April 1263.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Archdeacons: Wells' William was elected as bishop on 10 February 1267 and consecrated after 17 April 1267.Fryde, et al. ''Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Button (died 1547)
William Button (by 1503 – 27 March 1547) was an English landowner who was returned to parliament at one election. He came from Alton Priors, near Devizes in Wiltshire. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Chippenham in 1529, and a justice of the peace from 1537. He married Agnes Cater of Letcombe Regis, Berkshire, in or before 1525. She died in 1528; he died on 27 March 1547 and was buried with his wife in the choir of Alton Priors church. Their only son, also William (1526–1591) went on to be MP for Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral .... References 1547 deaths English MPs 1529–1536 Year of birth uncertain {{1529-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Button (1526–1591)
William Button (1526–1591) was the member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Marlborough in the parliament of March 1553.BUTTON, William II (1526–91), of Alton Priors, Wilts. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 9 December 2018. He was the only son of William Button (died 1547), who sat as MP for Chippenham. He was bailiff of by October 1553, sheriff in Wiltshire in 1564–65 and 1570†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Button, 1st Baronet
Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (1584 – 16 January 1655) was an English landowner who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Button was the son of William Button, of Alton and of Tockenham Court, Wiltshire, and his wife Jane Lambe, daughter of John Lambe, of East Coulston, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 13 February 1601, aged 16. He was knighted at Whitehall on 15 July 1605. From 1611 to 1612 he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth. He was possibly admitted to Gray's Inn on 2 February 1618. He was created a baronet on 18 March 1622. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wiltshire. He supported the king in the Civil War and was fined £2,880 on 2 January 1647. The family owned properties in Wiltshire at Alton Priors, Lyneham, Tockenham and North Wraxall North Wraxall is a village and civil parish in Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Butten
William Butten was a young indentured servant of Samuel Fuller, a long-time leader of the Leiden Church. Butten died during the voyage of the ''Mayflower'' while traveling with Fuller, who had been appointed doctor for the group. At that time, children and young men were routinely rounded up from the streets of London or taken from poor families receiving church relief to be used as laborers in the colonies.Morison & Commager, ''The Growth of the American Republic, Virginia, 1618-1622'' (in H.S. vol. 1,(4th Ed., New York, 1950), p.40 Butten was sick the entire voyage and died at sea when near the coast of New England. ''Mayflower'' voyage The ''Mayflower'' departed Plymouth, England, on September 6/16, 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken with caulking failing to keep out sea water, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Button Baronets
The Button Baronetcy, of Alton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 March 1622 for Sir William Button, Member of Parliament for Morpeth and Wiltshire. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1670 to 1671. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1712. Button baronets, of Alton (1622) *Sir William Button, 1st Baronet Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (1584 – 16 January 1655) was an English landowner who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Button was the son of Willia ... (–1655) *Sir William Button, 2nd Baronet (c. 1614–1660) *Sir Robert Button, 3rd Baronet (1622–c. 1679) *Sir John Button, 4th Baronet (died 1712) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Button Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stammers Button
William Stammers Button (1795–1876) was an English free settler in the Colony of Van Diemen's Land (later Colony of Tasmania, Tasmania). He served as the first mayor of Launceston from 1853 to 1856, and was associated with the beginnings of the Prince's Square, Princes Square Christ Church and Milton Hall, Launceston, Independent Church. England Button's life and achievements were recorded in an obituary printed in the Launceston ''The Examiner (Tasmania), Examiner'' two days after his death, which source is cited throughout this article. William Stammers Button was born at Nayland, Suffolk, in 1795, where his early boyhood was spent, removing to Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, in the same county, while yet young, in which place he was associated in business with his uncle, in whose service he frequently travelled to various parts of England, visiting also France and Flanders. He afterwards used to recount to some of his friends the incidents of his voyages and long journeys by c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robert Button
William Robert Button (December 3, 1895 – April 15, 1921) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in killing Haitian nationalist leader Charlemagne Peralte on October 31–November 1, 1919. (Second Lieutenant Herman H. Hanneken was also awarded the Medal of Honor on that date.) Button rose to the rank of sergeant before dying at age 25 from malaria. Biography Button was born December 3, 1895, in St. Louis, Missouri and after joining the Marine Corps was sent to fight in Haiti. He was in command of a group of Gendarmerie near Grande Riviere, Republic of Haiti, on October 31-November 1, 1919 when they engaged a group of Haitians opposed to the U.S. occupation. By the end of fighting Charlemagne Péralte, alleged in Button's citation to be "the supreme bandit chief in the Republic of Haiti", had been killed and about 1,200 of his followers had been killed, captured, or dispersed. For risking his life in battle he, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Button
William John Button (30 November 1903 – 10 March 1969) was a British soldier and one of the last recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal before this award was superseded by the George Cross. In 1940, Button was a Lance-Sergeant in the Royal Engineers and was section leader of number 48 Bomb Disposal Section. On 18 August 1940 L/Sgt Button and his men were excavating an unexploded bomb which had been dropped some days earlier. While the section were digging the bomb exploded. Despite being injured himself Button's first concern was for his men and he ensured that the rest of the section were safe and accounted for before summoning help. Button was recommended for an award and the award of the Empire Gallantry Medal was published in the London Gazette on 17 September 1940. The citation read: Button's award together with those awarded to fellow Royal Engineer Bomb Disposal personnel, Lt Edward Reynolds, 2nd Lt Ellis Talbot and 2nd Lt Wallace Andrews, were the last award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
