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Elizabeth Butler (née Berkeley), Countess Of Ormond
Elizabeth Butler may refer to: *Elizabeth Thompson (1846–1933), British painter who married Lieutenant General Sir William Butler * Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1885–1911), social investigator of the Progressive Era * Elizabeth Golcher Butler (1831–1906), Most Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star *Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Desmond (c. 1585–1625) Countess of Desmond and Lady Dingwall * Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Ormond (1332–1390), wife of Irish peer James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond *Elizabeth Butler, Duchess of Ormond (1615–1684) * Eliza Marian Butler (1885–1959), English scholar of German *Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss (born 1933), English judge *Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1640–1665), née Butler *Betsy Butler (born 1963), American politician *Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Derby Lady Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Derby (1660–1717), was an English court official. She served as Mistress of the Robes to quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Thompson
Elizabeth Southerden Thompson (3 November 1846 – 2 October 1933), later known as Lady Butler, was a British painter who specialised in painting scenes from British military campaigns and battles, including the Crimean War and the Napoleonic Wars. Her notable works include '' The Roll Call'' (purchased by Queen Victoria), '' The Defence of Rorke's Drift'', and '' Scotland Forever!'' (showing the Scots Greys at Waterloo). She wrote about her military paintings in an autobiography published in 1922: "I never painted for the glory of war, but to portray its pathos and heroism."Usherwood, Paul, and Jenny Spencer-Smith, (1987). – ''Lady Butler, Battle Artist, 1846–1933''. – Gloucester: Sutton. – Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler) – Spartacus Educational Schoolnet. – Retrieved: 2005-05-01 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1884–1911) was a pioneering social investigator of the Progressive Era. She is best known for her contributions to The Pittsburgh Survey, a landmark study of social conditions in an American city. Life She was born in New York on 1 December 1884. A 1905 graduate of Barnard College, she also took courses at the New York School of Philanthropy before securing employment as a researcher of wage earners, both female and child, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. Beginning in 1907 she worked for Paul Kellogg's Pittsburgh Survey, funded by the Russell Sage Foundation. Her resulting book, ''Women and the Trades'', was published in 1909. It was the first large survey of wage-earning women in America and the first of the six volumes of the Survey. Butler died of tuberculosis at age 26 in Saranac Lake, New York Saranac Lake is a village in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,887, making it t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Golcher Butler
Elizabeth Golcher Butler (October 16, 1831 – July 13, 1906) was a British-born American women's activist and a pioneer in the Order of the Eastern Star. With the establishment of the General Grand Chapter, which would have full control over the ritual, Butler was elected to its highest office, becoming its first Most Worthy Grand Matron (1876–1878). To be active among the first in any movement which is successful is to occupy a position of prominence. To be the first Matron of the first chapter in any State is an honor to any member of the Order of the Eastern Star; to be the first Grand Matron of a Grand Chapter is a greater honor; but to be the first Most Worthy Grand Matron of the General Grand Chapter—the federated head of the Order—was the highest honor one could receive within the Order. Butler () was born in England in 1831. With her family, she came to the United States as a child, and settled in Pennsylvania. Her early womanhood was spent in Philadelphia, where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler, Countess Of Desmond
Elizabeth Preston, Countess of Desmond and 2nd Baroness Dingwall (née Butler; – 1628) was the only daughter of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, called Black Tom, a lone Protestant in his Catholic Old English family. Her marriage and inheritance were manipulated by James I to keep Black Tom's inheritance out of the hands of his Catholic successor, Walter of the beads and bring them into the hands of his Scottish favourite Richard Preston, Lord Dingwall. Birth and origins Elizabeth was born about 1585, probably at the Ormond Castle, Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland. She was the only surviving child of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, or Black Tom, and his second wife, Elizabeth Sheffield. Her father was the 10th Earl of Ormond and head of the Butler dynasty, an Old English family that descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. Her father had been married before to Elizabeth Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler, Countess Of Ormond
Elizabeth Butler (''nee'' Darcy), Countess of Ormond (3 April 1332 – 24 March 1390), was the wife of Irish peer James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, and the mother of his six children, including James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond. Family and lineage Elizabeth Darcy was born on 3 April 1332 at Platten, County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of Sir John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, Justiciar of Ireland, and his second wife Joan de Burgh. Sir John was a veteran of the Battle of Crecy. He held the offices of Constable of Nottingham Castle, Constable of the Tower of London, and Sheriff of Lancashire. From 1341- 1346, he was Chamberlain to King Edward III. Elizabeth had a brother, Sir William Darcy, who married Catherine FitzGerald, by whom he had issue. She also had numerous half-siblings from her parents' previous marriages. Her father's first wife was Emeline Heron, by whom he had eight children, including his heir, John Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy of Knaith. Elizabeth's mother's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler, Duchess Of Ormond
Elizabeth Butler, Duchess of Ormond and 2nd Baroness Dingwall (née Preston; 25 July 1615 – 21 July 1684) reunited the Ormond estate as her maternal grandfather, Black Tom, 10th Earl of Ormond had it, by marrying James Butler, later Duke of Ormond, her second cousin once removed. She had inherited her share of the Ormond estate through her mother, Elizabeth Preston, who was Black Tom's daughter and only surviving child. Her husband had inherited his share from his grandfather Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, Black Tom's successor in the earldom. Her share was the bigger one and included Kilkenny Castle. Birth and origins Elizabeth Preston was born on 25 July 1615. She was the only child of Richard Preston and Elizabeth Butler. Her father was a younger son of the Prestons of Whitehill, Scottish gentry of the Edinburgh area. He was a page at the Scottish court and became a favourite of James VI of Scotland, who made him a groom of his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Marian Butler
Eliza Marian Butler (29 December 1885 – 13 November 1959), was an English linguist, academic, and scholar of German who successively held two prestigious endowed professorships: the Henry Simon Chair in German (1936–1944) at University of Manchester; and the Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge (from 1945). She was the first women ever appointed to either of these chairs. Controversial when first published, and banned in Germany, her 1935 book ''The Tyranny of Greece over Germany'', became a classic of German cultural analysis in the English-speaking world after the Second World War. In addition to academic works, published as E. M. Butler and Elizabeth M. Butler, she published two novels and a memoir. Early life Eliza Butler, known as "Elsie", was born in Bardsea, Lancashire, to a family of Anglo-Irish ancestry. She was educated by a Norwegian governess (from whom she learned German) and subsequently in Hannover from age 11, Paris from age 15, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss
Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, GBE, PC (''née'' Havers; born 10 August 1933) is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and was the highest-ranking female judge in the United Kingdom until 2004, when Baroness Hale was appointed to the House of Lords. Until June 2007, she chaired the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed. She stood down from that task with effect from that date, and the inquest was conducted by Lord Justice Scott Baker. Early life Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss was born on 10 August 1933 to Sir Cecil Havers, a barrister (later a judge), and Enid Flo Havers (''née'' Snelling). She was sister to The Lord Havers, a Conservative Lord Chancellor, and is aunt to his sons, the actor Nigel Havers and the barrister Philip Havers, KC. She was educated at Broomfield House School in Kew, in West London, and Wycombe Abbey School, an all-girls independent boarding sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess Of Chesterfield
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (née Butler; 1640–1665) was an Irish-born beauty. She was a courtier after the Restoration at the court of Charles II of England at Whitehall. She was the second wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield. Birth and origins Elizabeth was born on 29 June 1640 at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland, the eldest daughter of James Butler and Elizabeth Preston. Her father was Earl of Ormond at the time, but would become marquess and finally duke of Ormond. Her father's family, the Butler dynasty, was Old English and descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. Her mother was the only child of Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond and a rich heiress. Her parents married on Christmas 1629. They had 10 children, but five died in childhood. Marriage and child Elizabeth married Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, as his second wife, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Butler
Betsy Butler (born June 14, 1963) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat. Butler is the former Executive Director of the Women's Law Center. She serves as Chair of the California Commission on Aging, appointed in 2015 by the President pro tempore of the California State Senate, Kevin de León, and elected chair in 2018 and again in 2019. She also serves on the Los Angeles County Probation Commission, appointed by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis in 2016. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly, Butler was a fundraiser for the California League of Conservation Voters and the Consumer Attorneys of California. She began her career in public service with Lt. Governor Leo T. McCarthy and was an appointee of President Bill Clinton in the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. She has been a board member of Equality California, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler, Countess Of Derby
Lady Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Derby (1660–1717), was an English court official. She served as Mistress of the Robes to queen Mary II of England between 1689 and 1694. She was the daughter of Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory and Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory. She married William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, in 1673. When the household of queen Mary II was officially formed, Elizabeth Butler was appointed on 22 April 1689 to the position of principal lady-in-waiting with the title Groom of the Stole and Mistress of the Robes. She was given a salary of £1200 per annum (£800 as groom of the stole, and £400 as mistress of the Robes). Following the death of her husband, she was engaged in a Chancery case with his brother and her two daughters Henrietta and Elizabeth concerning her dower. References Sources * G. E. Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'' (1910–1959) (Ormonde). * A. Strickland, ''Lives of the Queens of England'', London (1888) * http:// ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler (musician)
Elizabeth Butler (born August 12, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician whose musical style has been generally classified as Americana, pop, and folk. Career In 2004 Butler founded Running Home Records based in Houston, Texas. She was performing with Running Home, an Americana-country-jazz duo with Suzanne Comeaux Bucher that quickly garnered airplay and a widespread fan base. They performed for several years, but both were married and had children, so they put their music project on hold. They released their debut album, ''Running Home'', in 2006. It received international radio airplay on college radio stations, most notably in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the U.S. ''Love & Loss & Stuff Like That'', Butler's sophomore album released in 2014, received favorable reviews. Her single "Love Over Logic" won Best Country Song at the Indie Music Channel Awards in 2014, and "A1A (Settin' Myself Free)" won Best Country Recording. The latter was also nominated for Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
