About Brian Butler
Lived 1876 – 1916 (aged 40). Brian Butler was a cricketer.
Brian Danvers Butler (18 April 1876 – 18 August 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of the Earl of Lanesborough and his wife, Anne Elizabeth Clarke, he was born in April 1876 at Swithland Hall in Leicestershire. In the early years of the 20th century, Butler played cricket for Leicestershire Second XI, though he never featured for the first XI. He later moved to East Grinstead in Sussex, where he was a popular figure who played for East Grinstead Cricket Club, in addition to being a keen golfer. A member of the Marylebone Cricket Club since 1909,
Butler served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in April 1915. He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in September 1915. Butler fought on the Western Front and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 August 1916.
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Who was Brian Butler?
English cricketer and British Army officer
When was Brian Butler born?
Brian Butler was born on 18 April 1876 in Swithland.
When did Brian Butler die?
Brian Butler died on 18 August 1916 in Longueval, Somme (department).
What was Brian Butler's occupation?
Brian Butler was a cricketer.
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