The Butt Baronetcy, of

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in the

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, was a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 25 July 1929 for Sir Alfred Butt, who represented Balham and Tooting in the

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as a Unionist between 1922 and 1936. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1999.

Butt baronets, of Westminster (1929)

Sir Alfred Butt, 1st Baronet Sir Alfred Butt, 1st Baronet (20 March 1878 – 8 December 1962) was a British theatre impresario, Conservative politician and racehorse owner and breeder. During a fourteen-year tenure as manager of London's Palace Theatre, beginning in 1904, ...

(1878–1962) *Sir (Alfred) Kenneth Dudley Butt, 2nd Baronet (1908–1999)

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Butt Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom