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See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
BUTLER, See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:FRANCIS (1838– ) , See also:British soldier, entered the See also:army as an See also:ensign in 1858, becoming See also:captain in 1872 and See also:major in 1874. He took See also:part with distinction in the Red See also:River expedition (1870–71) and the See also:Ashanti operations of 1873–74 under See also:Wolseley, and received the C.B. in 1874. He served with the same See also:general in the Zulu See also:War (See also:brevet lieut.-See also:colonel), the See also:campaign of Tel-el-Kebir, after which he was made an aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:queen, and the See also:Sudan 1884–85, being employed as colonel on the See also:staff 1885, and brigadier-general 1885–1886. In the latter See also:year he was made a K.C.B. He was colonel on the staff in See also:Egypt 189o–1892, and brigadier-general there until 1892, when he was promoted major-general and stationed at See also:Aldershot, after which he commanded the See also:south-eastern See also:district. In 1898 he succeeded General Goodenough as See also:commander-in-See also:chief in South See also:Africa, with the See also:local See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-general. For a See also:short See also:period (Dec. 1898–Feb. 1899), during the See also:absence of Sir See also:Alfred See also:Milner in See also:England, he acted as high See also:commissioner, and as such and subsequently in his military capacity he expressed views on the subject of the probabilities of war which were not approved by the See also:home See also:government; he was consequently ordered home to command the western district, and held this See also:post until 1905. He also held the Aldershot command for a brief period in 19o0–19o1. Sir William Butler was promoted lieutenant-general in 1900. He had See also:long been known as a descriptive writer, since his publication of The See also:Great Lone See also:Land (1872) and other See also:works, and he was the biographer (1899) of Sir See also:George See also:Colley. He married in 1877 See also:Miss See also:Elizabeth See also:Thompson, an accomplished painter of See also:battle-scenes, notably " The See also:Roll See also:Call " (1874), " Quatre See also:Bras " (1875), " Rorke's See also:Drift " (1881), " The See also:Camel See also:Corps " (1891), and " The See also:Dawn of See also:Waterloo " (1895).
End of Article: BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
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