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Strange Gould BUTSON

Male 1851 - 1879  (28 years)

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  1. 1.  Strange Gould BUTSONStrange Gould BUTSON was born in 1851 (son of Christopher Henry Gould BUTSON and Helena Eyre MAUNSELL); died on 13 Dec 1879 in Siah Sang (Kabul), Afghanistan; was buried on 15 Dec 1879 in Sherpur, Bengal, India.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: Between 1878 and 1879, Afghanistan; 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers - list of those entitled to Medal for the Afghan War - Captain Butson, S. G. - Entitled to clasps for action at Charasia and Kabul - "Killed 13.12.79"

    Notes:

    Birth:
    elder son of Rev. C. H. Gould Butson & Helena Eyre

    Buried:
    Captain Butson's remains were buried with military honours, on the evening of the 13th December, in the little cemetery at Sherpur, where so many of his fellow countrymen have found a last resting-place.==Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War

    Died:
    It was in the action of Siah Sang, on the 13th of December, while leading a squadron on the summit of a hill up which he had just charged the enemy, that he fell, pierced to the heart by an Afghan bullet.==Biographies of Fallen British Officers, Afghan War


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christopher Henry Gould BUTSON was born about 1817 (son of James Strange BUTSON and Esther Eccles SINCLAIR); died on 13 Jun 1892 in Ballinasloe, Ireland.

    Other Events:

    • Unspecified: Michs 1836, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    • Residence: 1878, Tipperary, Ireland

    Notes:

    Died:
    age 75

    Christopher married Helena Eyre MAUNSELL on 28 Oct 1846 in Saint Nicholas Galway, Galway, Ireland, UK. Helena (daughter of Edward Eyre MAUNSELL) was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Helena Eyre MAUNSELL was born about 1820 (daughter of Edward Eyre MAUNSELL).

    Notes:

    Birth:
    only daughter of Rev. Edward Eyre Maunsell, M.A., Vicar of Galway

    Notes:

    Married:
    probably in Ireland

    Children:
    1. 1. Strange Gould BUTSON was born in 1851; died on 13 Dec 1879 in Siah Sang (Kabul), Afghanistan; was buried on 15 Dec 1879 in Sherpur, Bengal, India.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Strange BUTSON was born about 1777 in Bath, England (son of Christopher BUTSON and Susanna GOULD); died on 29 Jan 1845 in Dublin, Ireland.

    Other Events:

    • Education: 10 Feb 1796, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Oxford University Alumni: BUTSON, James Strange, s. Christopher, dean of Waterford. NEW COLL., matric. 10 Feb 1796, aged 18.
    • Residence: 10 Feb 1796, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    • Occupation: Bef 1845, Clonfert, Galway, Ireland; Archdeacon of Clonfert

    James married Esther Eccles SINCLAIR about 1809. Esther was born about 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Esther Eccles SINCLAIR was born about 1777.
    Children:
    1. Susan H BUTSON was born in 1812 in Leighton House, Wiltshire, England; died in 1892.
    2. 2. Christopher Henry Gould BUTSON was born about 1817; died on 13 Jun 1892 in Ballinasloe, Ireland.
    3. William Strange BUTSON was born about 1827 in Dublin, Ireland; died on 10 Mar 1911 in White Waltham, Berkshire, England.
    4. Charlotte BUTSON was born in 1828.
    5. Fanny Caroline BUTSON was born in 1829.
    6. Honora Louisa Madaline BUTSON was born about 1830 in Clonfert, Galway, Ireland.
    7. Letitia Elizabeth BUTSON was born in 1830; died in 1882.

  3. 6.  Edward Eyre MAUNSELL was born about 1790.
    Children:
    1. 3. Helena Eyre MAUNSELL was born about 1820.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christopher BUTSON was born about 1749 (son of John BUTSON).

    Other Events:

    • Education: 22 Jan 1767, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Oxford University Alumni: BUTSON, Christopher, s. of John, of London, gent. TRINITY COLL. matric. 22 Jan., 1767, aged 17; NEW COLL. B.A. 1772
    • Residence: 22 Jan 1767, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    • Portrait: Abt 1790, Waterford, Ireland; http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/4aa/4aa512.htm -- by Gilbert Stuart "Bishop Butson" c 1790 oil on canvas - Gift of George L. Bagby to Huntington Museum of Art (West Virginia) - probably painted in Waterford since did not become Clonfert bishop til 1804
    • Occupation: 10 Feb 1796, Waterford, Ireland; Oxford University Alumni: BUTSON, James Strange, s. Christopher, dean of Waterford. NEW COLL., matric. 10 Feb 1796, aged 18.
    • Residence: 10 Feb 1796, Waterford, Ireland; Oxford University Alumni: BUTSON, James Strange, s. Christopher, dean of Waterford. NEW COLL., matric. 10 Feb 1796, aged 18.

    Christopher married Susanna GOULD about 1774. Susanna was born about 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Susanna GOULD was born about 1752.

    Notes:

    Married:
    I have no source for Susanna Gould being his wife other than other trees which show no source either. And he may have had a second wife who was really the mother of James -- and possibly the source of "Strange" as his middle name.

    Children:
    1. 4. James Strange BUTSON was born about 1777 in Bath, England; died on 29 Jan 1845 in Dublin, Ireland.