James Butler (1651–1696) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for

Arundel Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much la ...

from 1679 to 1685 and 1690. Butler was a member of the wealthy Butler family who were influential figures in the county of

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

. Butler himself was from

Amberley, West Sussex Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham (district), Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, north of Arundel. Its neighbours are Storrington and West Chiltington. The village i ...

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1651 births 1696 deaths People from Amberley, West Sussex English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 English MPs 1690–1695 People from Arundel {{1690-England-MP-stub