About William Henry Butler
Lived 1790 – 1865 (aged 75). William Henry Butler was a British judge and politician.
William Henry Butler (24 February 1790 – 11 October 1865) was an English wine merchant and Mayor of Oxford.
William Butler was the ninth of the ten children. His parents were James and Jane (née Slatter) Butler from All Saints parish in Oxford. He married Elizabeth Briggs at St Giles' Church, Northampton, on 13 February 1817.
Butler became a wine merchant in the middle section of the High Street in central Oxford. Around 1820, he moved to new premises at Carfax, in the very centre of Oxford, on the corner of St Aldate's and Queen Street.
William Butler joined Oxford's Common Council on 30 September 1815, was elected Senior Chamberlain in 1819, and Senior Bailiff in 1824.
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Wine merchant and Mayor of Oxford
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William Henry Butler was born on 24 February 1790.
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William Henry Butler died on 11 October 1865.
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William Henry Butler was a judge and politician.
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