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Edward Butler (Australian politician) Edward Butler, QC (1823 – 9 June 1879), was a barrister and politician in colonial New South Wales, 13th Attorney General of New South Wales. Butler was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, son of Michael Butler, farmer, and his wife Mary, née Joyce. ...

(1823–1879), barrister and politician in colonial New South Wales *

Edward Butler (British politician) Edward Butler D.C.L. (1686–1745) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Butler was awarded a Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford University. He was elected President (head) of Magdalen College, Oxford, on 29 July 1722, a ...

, British Member of Parliament for

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

, 1737–1745 *

Edward Butler (Louisiana politician) Edward Butler was a state legislator who served in the Louisiana Senate. Biography Butler was born 1842/3 in Massachusetts. He was elected to represent Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana in the Louisiana Senate from 1870 until 1874. He also was a r ...

, served in the Louisiana Senate * Edward Butler (Missouri politician) (1834–1911), political boss of St. Louis and Missouri, see

Bottoms Gang The Bottoms Gang was an American street gang in St. Louis, Missouri during the early 20th century. Their main criminal activities included voter intimidation, armed robbery, assault, illegal lottery, and murder. The gang's members were primarily ...

Edward Butler (New Hampshire politician) Edward Butler (born October 11, 1949) is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing the Carroll 7th District (Albany, Bartlett, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Freedom, Hale's Location ...

(born 1949), Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Peers

Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoye Sir Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoye (died 1653) was an Irish peer, the eldest son of Piers FitzThomas Butler and the Honourable Katherine Fleming, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Fleming, 10th Baron Slane and his wife Catherine Preston. H ...

(died 1653), Irish peer *

Edward Butler, 2nd Viscount Galmoye Edward Butler, 2nd Viscount Galmoye (c. 1627– after 24 October 1667) was the son of Piers Butler of Duiske and Margaret Netterville, daughter of Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville. His grandfather was Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Ga ...

(1627–1667), Irish peer

Military

Edward Butler (soldier) Edward Butler (March 20, 1762 – May 6, 1803) was an officer in the United States Army who served as acting Adjutant General and acting Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1793 to 1794 and from 1796 to 1797. Early life Edward Butler was b ...

(1762–1803), United States Army officer * Sir Edward Gerald Butler (1770–1825), Irish officer in the British Army

Others

* Edward Butler (academic) (1686–1745), English academic administrator at the University of Oxford * Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1851) (1851–1928), Australian cricketer * Edward Butler (cricketer, born 1883) (1883–1916), Australian cricketer *

Edward Butler (inventor) Edward Butler (1862–1940) was an English inventor who produced an early three-wheeled petrol automobile called the Butler Petrol Cycle, which is accepted by many as the first British car. Butler showed plans for his three-wheeled petrol vehicl ...

(1862–1940), British motorbike inventor *

Edward Butler (Irish judge) Edward Butler (died 1584), also called Edmund Butler, was an Anglo-Irish barrister, Law Officer and judge of the Elizabethan era. He was one of very few Law Officers who was described as ''Deputy Attorney-General for Ireland''.Ball p.220 Life Ed ...

(died 1584), Anglo-Irish law officer and judge *

Edward Arthur Butler Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Arthur Butler (4 July 1843 – 16 April 1916) was an English ornithologist and British Army officer. He is commemorated in the scientific specific name for the Omani owl, ''Strix butleri''. Butler was born at Coto ...

(1843–1916), English ornithologist * Edward Burgess Butler (1853–1928), American businessman * Edward Hubert Butler Sr. (1850–1914), founder of the ''Buffalo Evening News'' in 1873 *

Edward Hubert Butler Jr. Edward Hubert Butler II (June 19, 1883 – February 19, 1956) was an American publisher and editor of ''The Buffalo Evening News'' (1914–1956) and president of radio station WBEN (1930–1956) and WBEN-TV (1948–1956). Biography He was born o ...

(1883–1956), American publisher and editor of ''Buffalo Evening News'' *

Edward Mann Butler Edward Mann Butler (July 13, 1784 – November 1, 1855) was one of Kentucky's most prominent early educators. He is best remembered as being the first president of what would become the University of Louisville and heading the first public schoo ...

(1784–1855), educator in the US state of Kentucky *

Edward Montagu Butler Edward Montagu Butler (3 December 1866 – 11 February 1948) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster. Life Butler was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. He was educated at Harrow School (of which his father was then headmaste ...

(1866–1948), English cricketer * Edward Scannell Butler, Director of the Information Council of the Americas, see Carlos Bringuier * Edward Butler, member of the

Balcombe Street gang The Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street Unit) who carried out a bombing campaign in southern England in the mid-1970s. The ...

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