William Button may refer to: *

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 Giffa ...

(died 1264), Bishop of Bath and Wells *

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 Anglican ...

(died 1274), Bishop of Bath and Wells *

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, ...

, MP for Chippenham *

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.

, member of the Parliament of England for Marlborough *

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 ...

(c. 1584

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1655), of the Button baronets, MP for Wiltshire and Morpeth *

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, ch ...

or Button (died 1620), ''Mayflower'' passenger * Sir William Button, 2nd Baronet (c. 1614–1660), of the

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 ...

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 t ...

(1795–1876), English settler in Tasmania; first mayor of Launceston * William Robert Button (1895–1921), American Medal of Honor recipient *

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 ...

(died 1969), British Empire Gallantry Medal recipient

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