Charles Parker Butt, Vanity Fair, 1887-02-12

Sir Charles Parker Butt (24 June 1830 – 26 May 1892) was an English High Court judge and a

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politician who sat in the

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from 1880 to 1883.

Life

Butt was the third son of the Rev. Phelpes John Butt, of Wortham Lodge,

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, and his wife Mary Eddy, daughter of Rev. John Eddy, Vicar of

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. He was educated privately and called to the Bar at

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in 1854. He practised on the

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and became a Q.C. in 1868.Debrett's House of Commons 1881

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. At the 1880 general election, Butt was elected Liberal

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(MP) for

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and he held the seat until 1883, when he was appointed Justice of the High Court and assigned to the

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, (of which he became

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on 29 January 1891) and knighted.

Family

Butt married Anna Georgiana Rodewald, daughter of C. Ferdinand Rodewald of 57

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, in 1878.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butt, Charles Parker 1830 births 1892 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 English King's Counsel English barristers 19th-century English judges Knights Bachelor Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division judges 19th-century King's Counsel Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Presidents of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division