William Stammers Button

William Stammers Button (1795–1876) was an English free settler in the Colony of Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania). He served as the first mayor of Launceston from 1853 to 1856, and was associated with the beginnings of the Princes Square Independent Church.

England Button's life and achievements were recorded in an obituary printed in the Launceston Examiner two days after his death, which source is cited throughout this article.

From memory he would sometimes recall the state of England in his youthful days during the Peninsular War, and describe the depredations of those days. On his marriage he removed to Long Melford, Suffolk. While there, he took an active part in politics, working on the liberal side, and especially seeking with others the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, which was accomplished in the year 1828. He filled the office by successive elections for four years, and during his mayoralty the chief portion of the work was done in supplying the town with water: a work that took up much of his time.

According to the obituary printed in the Examiner on the day of the funeral, during his 40 years residence in Launceston Button had been one of the city's "most prominent and useful citizens".