Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Weeden Butler
Weeden Butler,
DIVINE, AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITER,
Was the son of a solicitor at Margate, where he was born in 1742. He was bred to the law, but forsook that profession for the Church. After ordination, he became curate to Dr. William Dodd, so celebrated for his abilities, and the crimes for which he was executed at Tyburn, 1777. He assisted this Divine in his preparation of his Commentary on the Holy Bible, and in editing the "Christian Magazine"; and succeeded him as preacher at Charlotte Street Chapel, Pimlico. He afterwards kept a private school at Chelsea, and planned and instituted the Sunday school of that parish. Amongst other works he published (1) "The Cheltenham Guide," (2) "Sermons," (3) "Jortin's Tracts," (4) "Willcock's Roman Conversations," 2 vols., (5) "Memoirs of Mark Hildesley, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man," (6) "An account of the Life and Writings of George Stanhope, Dean of Canterbury." He died July, 1823.
[See "Gentleman's Magazine" 1823, "Nichols's Illustrations of Literature, and Anecdotes."]