BUTLER, Edwin John, C.I.E. (1921); D.Sc., National University of Ireland, 1920; F.L.S. Educ.: Queen's (now University) College, Cork (M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., R.U.I., 1898); Travelling Scholarship (Botany) under Exhibition of 1851, France and Germany, 1899-1900. Cryptogamic Botanist to Government of India, 1901-1905; Imperial Mycologist, India, 1905-1920; Joint Director, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, India, 1919-1920: Agricultural Adviser to Government of India, 1920; Director, Imperial Bureau of Mycology, Kew, Surrey, 1920, to date; b. 13th Aug., 1874: youngest son of T. Butler, E.M., of Suirville, Co. Tipperary. Pubns: Fungi and Disease in Plants, 1918; numerous scientific papers. Res.: 38 Talgarth Mansions. Baron's Court, London, W. 14.
BUTLER, Lady (Elizabeth Southerden; distinguished painter. Gov. of the National Gallery of Ireland; dau. of late T. J. Thompson; m. 1877, late Lt.-Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir Wm. Francis Butler, P.C. (Irel.), G.C.B. Res.: Bansha Castle, Tipperary.
BUTLER, Sir George Beresford, Knt. (1921); Resident Magistrate, Ireland, 1889-1921. Res.: 6 Villiers Road, Rathgar, Dublin.
BUTLER, John (M.P. for Tipperary East, Waterford Co., and Waterford City from 1922); Member Waterford Co. Council. Res.: Mapstown, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
BUTLER, Mary (Mrs. O'Nolan), Novelist and Essayist. Author of The Ring of Day, a novel of present-day Irish life; A bundle of Rushes; several pamphlets for the Gaelic League, and contributions to periodicals. Dau. of Peter Lambert Butler, and g-dau. of William Butler, of Bunnahow, Co. Clare. Educ. privately, and at Alexandra Coll., Dublin; m. 1907, Thomas O'Nolan, F.R.U.L, who d. 1913. Res.: 3 Warwick Terrace, Leeson Park, Dublin.
BUTLER, Lt.-Col. Patrick Richard, D.S.O. (1917), Major and Bt. Lt.-Col., Roy. Irish Regt; served in S. African War, 1901-02; European War, 1914-17; son of late Lt.-Gen. the Rt. Hon. Sir Wm. Francis Butler, P.C, G.C.B.; b. 18S0. Res.: Bansha Castle, Co. Tipperary. Army and Navy, and Juuior Naval and Military Clubs, London.
BUTLER, Sir Richard Pierce Baronet (Irld., 1628), O.B.E., Mil. (1910), J.P., D.L., Co. Carlow (High Sheriff, 1905); late Capt. and Hon. Major, 8th Batt. King's R. Rifles; served in S. Africa as Special Service Officer with Mounted Infantry, and as Intelligence Officer (medal and 5 clasps); temp. Lieut.-Col. in the Army Remount Dept.: served in European War, 1914-19, in France, Italy and Syria (twice mentioned in despatches); 1914-15 Star: British War and Allied Victory Medals; son of Sir Thomas, 10th Bart., and Hester Elizabeth (d. 1904), eldest dau. of Sir Alan E. Bellingham, 3rd Bart; b. 28th Sept., 1872; s. his father, 8th Mar., 1909; m. 2nd June, 1906, Alice Dudley, only child of the Very Rev. the Hon. James Wentworth Leigh, late Dean of Hereford, and has issue a son and two daus. Res.: Ballintemple, Tullow, and Garryhundon, Co. Carlow; Brent House, 63 Pont Street, London, S.W. 1. Kildare Street Club, Dublin; Wellington, London, S.W.
BUTLER, Lt.-Col. Somerset James, D.L., J.P., Co. Kilkenny (High Sheriff, 1893); Lt.-Col. late R. Berks Regt.; heir-presumptive to Viscounty of Mountgarret; second and eldest surviving son of Capt. Henry Butler, 50th Regt., and cousin of 16th Viscount Mountgarret; b. 1849. Res.: Kilmurry, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. Kildare Street Club. Dublin; Junior United Service Club, London.
BUTLER, William F., M.A., ex-F.R.U.I. Educ.: Clongowes; won Studentship in Modern Languages at the M.A. Degree Examination. R.U.I., 1894; late Prof, of Modern Languages and Registrar at Univ. Coll., Cork; Senator of the N.U.I., 1908-10: Assistant Commissioner of Intermediate Education, Ireland, 1910; M.R.I.A. Author of The Lombard Communes—Confiscations in Irish History; b. at Newry, 1869; son of late Thos. Butler, R.M., of Suirvale, Golden, Co. Tipperary, and Annie, dau. of James Barry, of Bellevue, Croom, Co. Limerick: nephew of late Gen. Sir Wm. Butler. Address: 1 Hume Street, Dublin.
BUTLER, Lieut.-Col. Wm. Mahon, D.S.O. (1910). Educ: Clongowes Wood College, and at Coll. de la Paix. Namur; Major, King Edward's Horse; S. Africa, 1900-1902 (despatches. Queen's medal with clasps. King's medal with two clasps), European War, 1914-18, as Lieut.-Col. Comdg. Tank Corps (despatches, D.S.O.); son of John Butler, J.P., of the Minauns, Callan, Co. Kilkenny; b. 1876; m. 1919, Hilda Mary, dau. of the late Robert John Garden, M.D., of Aberdeen. Res.: The Minauns, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.
BUTLER-STONEY, Bowes, Captain; Croix-de-Guerre, Coldstream Guards: served in European War, 1914-1917: Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919; J.P., Co. Tipperary, 1918; D.L., Co. Tipperary, 1020; b. 11th May, 1879: 2nd surviving son of the late W. C. Butler-Stoney. J.P., D.L., of Portland Park, Co. Tipperary. Res.: Portland Park, Co. Tipperary. Club: Guards'.
