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William Button may refer to: * William I Button (died 1264), Bishop of Bath and Wells * William II Button (died 1274), Bishop of Bath and Wells * William Button (died 1547), MP for Chippenham * William Button (1526–1591), member of the Parliament of England for Marlborough * Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (c. 1584–1655), of the Button baronets, MP for Wiltshire and Morpeth * William Butten William Butten was a young indentured servant of Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim), Samuel Fuller, a long-time leader of the Leiden Church. Butten died during the voyage of the ''Mayflower'' while traveling with Fuller, who had been appointed doctor for th ... or Button (died 1620), ''Mayflower'' passenger * Sir William Button, 2nd Baronet (c. 1614–1660), of the Button baronets * William Stammers Button (1795–1876), English settler in Tasmania; first mayor of Launceston * William Robert Button (1895–1921), American Medal of Honor recipient * William John Button (died 1969), British Empi ...
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William I Button
William of Bitton (died 1264) was a medieval English Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life William was probably born in Bitton in Gloucestershire.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a relative of Walter Giffard and uncle of William of Bitton II, his two successors in the office of Bishop of Bath and Wells.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops' He was also uncle of Thomas of Bitton, precentor, archdeacon and dean of Wells,Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Deans of Wells' and Bishop of Exeter. William was an official of Jocelin of Wells in 1231 and was subdean of Wells in 1233.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Subdeans of Wells' He was named Archdeacon of Wells by 7 May 1238 and held the office until he was elected bishop.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Archdeacons of Wells' During the e ...
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William II Button
William of Bitton (died 1274) was a medieval Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life William was a son of Sir Adam of Bitton in Gloucestershire and the brother of Thomas Bitton who was precentor, archdeacon of WellsGreenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops' and Dean of Wells and Bishop of Exeter.Shaw "Button, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' His uncle was William of Bitton I, Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was rector of Buckland from 1257 and rector of Congresbury in Somerset from 1252.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Unidentified Prebendaries' Before 13 December 1262 he was a canon of Bath and Wells, and was archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ... of Wells as wel ...
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William Button (died 1547)
William Button (by 1503 – 27 March 1547) was an English landowner who was returned to parliament at one election. He came from Alton Priors, near Devizes in Wiltshire. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Chippenham in 1529, and a justice of the peace from 1537. He married Agnes Cater of Letcombe Regis, Berkshire, in or before 1525. She died in 1528; he died on 27 March 1547 and was buried with his wife in the choir of Alton Priors church. Their only son, also William (1526–1591) went on to be MP for Marlborough Marlborough or the Marlborough may refer to: Places Australia * Marlborough, Queensland * Principality of Marlborough, a short-lived micronation in 1993 * Marlborough Highway, Tasmania; Malborough was an historic name for the place at the sou .... References 1547 deaths English MPs 1529–1536 Year of birth uncertain {{1529-England-MP-stub ...
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William Button (1526–1591)
William Button (1526–1591) was the member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Marlborough in the parliament of March 1553.BUTTON, William II (1526–91), of Alton Priors, Wilts.
''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
He was the only son of , who sat as MP for Chippenham. He was bailiff of by October 1553, sheriff in Wilt ...
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Sir William Button, 1st Baronet
Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (1584 – 16 January 1655) was an English landowner who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Button was the son of William Button, of Alton and of Tockenham Court, Wiltshire, and his wife Jane Lambe, daughter of John Lambe, of East Coulston, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 13 February 1601, aged 16. He was knighted at Whitehall on 15 July 1605. From 1611 to 1612 he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth. He was possibly admitted to Gray's Inn on 2 February 1618. He was created a baronet on 18 March 1622. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wiltshire. He supported the king in the Civil War and was fined £2,880 on 2 January 1647. The family owned properties in Wiltshire at Alton Priors, Lyneham, Tockenham and North Wraxall. Among his properties was Tockenham Court manor (then in Lyne ...
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William Butten
William Butten was a young indentured servant of Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim), Samuel Fuller, a long-time leader of the Leiden Church. Butten died during the voyage of the ''Mayflower'' while traveling with Fuller, who had been appointed doctor for the group. At that time, children and young men were routinely rounded up from the streets of London or taken from poor families receiving church relief to be used as laborers in the colonies.Morison & Commager, ''The Growth of the American Republic, Virginia, 1618-1622'' (in H.S. vol. 1,(4th Ed., New York, 1950), p.40 Butten was sick the entire voyage and died on November 6, 1620 at sea when near the coast of New England. ''Mayflower'' voyage The ''Mayflower'' departed Plymouth, England, on September 6/16, 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken wit ...
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Button Baronets
The Button Baronetcy, of Alton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 March 1622 for Sir William Button, Member of Parliament for Morpeth and Wiltshire. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1670 to 1671. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1712. Button baronets, of Alton (1622) *Sir William Button, 1st Baronet Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (1584 – 16 January 1655) was an English landowner who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Button was the son of William B ... (–1655) *Sir William Button, 2nd Baronet (c. 1614–1660) *Sir Robert Button, 3rd Baronet (1622–c. 1679) *Sir John Button, 4th Baronet (died 1712) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Button Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ...
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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. William Stammers Button was born at Nayland, Suffolk, in 1795, where his early boyhood was spent, removing to Sudbury, in the same county, while yet young, in which place he was associated in business with his uncle, in whose service he frequently travelled to various parts of England, visiting also France and Flanders. He afterwards used to recount to some of his friends the incidents of his voyages and long journeys by coach, contrasting them with more modern methods of conveyance. From memory he would sometimes recall the state of E ...
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William Robert Button
William Robert Button (December 3, 1895 – April 15, 1921) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in killing Haitian nationalist leader Charlemagne Peralte on October 31–November 1, 1919. ( Second Lieutenant Herman H. Hanneken was also awarded the Medal of Honor on that date.) Button rose to the rank of sergeant before dying at age 25 from malaria Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, Fatigue (medical), fatigue, vomitin .... Biography Button was born December 3, 1895, in St. Louis, Missouri and after joining the Marine Corps was sent to fight in Haiti. He was in command of a group of Gendarmerie of Haiti, Gendarmerie near Grande Riviere, Republic of Haiti, on October 31-November 1, 1919 when they engaged a group of Haitians opposed to the U.S. occupatio ...
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