Francis John Paul Butler (1855 - 1936)

Born 29 Apr 1855 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Elspeth Fitzhardinge (Gifford) Butler — married 30 Jan 1877 in St Paul's Church, Wilton, Middlesex, England

Husband of Mabel Isabel (Chichester) Butler — married 29 Aug 1917 in Pimlico, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

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Biography

Francis was born in 1855. His birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1855 in the St Luke Chelsea district.^[1]

Francis first married Elspeth Fitzhardinge Gifford.

After the death of his first wife Francis married Mabel Isabel Carzon on 29 August 1917 in St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, London, Westminster, England.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office", database, GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 11 June 2023), Butler, Francis John Paul (Mother's maiden name: Barnett). GRO Reference: 1855 Apr-May-Jun in St Luke Chelsea Volume 01A Page 160.

• Source: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DPT-JQW : 13 December 2014), Francis John P Butler, 1877; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1877, quarter 1, vol. 1A, p. 498, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• Source: "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWLJ-HHL : 16 May 2019), Frances John Paul Butler, St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• Source: "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLX-R25S : 17 September 2018), Francis John Paul Butler, 4 Aug 1936; citing Probate, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
• Wikipedia entry for John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler VC DSO (1888 - 1916), the son of Francis John Paul Butler (1855 - 1936)
• His Marriage Certificate: Marriage Certificate data (selection):

• Year of Registration 1877
• Marriage solemnized at : St Paul’s Church …. in the Parish of St Paul Wilton Place in the County of Middlesex
• Nbr. In register : 244
• When married : 30 January 1877
• Parties: Husband : Francis John Paul Butler
• Parties: Wife : Elspeth Fitzhardinge Gifford
• Age: Husband : Full [>21]
• Age: Wife : Full [>21]
• Condition: Husband : Bachelor
• Condition: Wife : Spinster
• Occupation: Husband : Esquire, Sub Lieut 18 Hussars
• Occupation: Wife : Peer’s Daughter
• Residence at time: Husband : 26 Motcomb Street
• Residence at time: Wife : 14 Cromwell Place, Brompton
• Father’s name: Husband : Paul Butler
• Father’s name: Wife : Robert Francis Gifford
• Father’s rank or profession: Husband : Esquire
• Father’s rank or profession: Wife : Lord Gifford
• Church or other location and style : Above church [per the] Rites and Ceremonies of Established Church [aka C of E] after Banns, by … William Butler [probably William John Butler DD (1818-1894), the groom’s uncle]
• Registry signed : By the parties in the presence of 4 witnesses who signed the register
• Witness 1 : F. C. F. Gifford [presumably Frederica Charlotte Fitzhardinge (Berkeley) Gifford (1824 – 1920), the bride’s mother]
• Witness 2 : Edward R. Gifford
• Witness 3 : Louisa Butler [presumably Louisa (Barnett) Butler (1820-1913), the groom’s mother]
• Witness 3 : Fitzhardinge [presumably Edric Frederick Gifford VC (1849-abt.1911) aka Lord Gifford], the bride’s nephew and head of the Gifford family
• Document legibility : Mixed.

• Second Marriage: "Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935"
  City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: SPES/PR/2/20
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record WestminsterMarriages #2089481 (accessed 8 October 2022)
  Francis John Paul Butler (Full Age) marriage to Mabel Isabel Carzon on 29 Aug 1917 in St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, London, Westminster, England.