Person:Richard Butler (25)

Helen Frances Battiscombe married Richard Harte Keatinge BUTLER (1870-1935) 2nd qtr 1894 at Kensington; Richard (b. 28aug1870, maybe India, d. 22apr1935 Shrewsbury) was son of Surgeon Col. Ebenezer Robert Butler (Indian med. Service, d. 1909) and Annie Harriet Keatinge (bmd, P Iseke, rootsweb). Helen Francies Battiscombe (1874, spinster, 7 Atherstone Terr., Kensington, daughter of late William Benjamin Battiscombe, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) married (5jun1894 Kensington) Richard Harte “Kealinge” Butler (1871 bachelor, Dorsets. Regt, 147 Cromwell Rd., son of Ebenezer Robert Butler, physician), witness illeg (record, ancestry.com). Richard H.K. Butler (1871) d. 2nd qtr 1935 at Wem, Shropshire (bmd). Will of Sir Richard Harte Keating Butler, KCB, KCMG (d. 22apr1935) of Roden Lodge Shawbury, reg Shropshire; probate 12jul1935 London, 454 gbp, Dame Helen Frances Butler widow, Eric James Ivory CA, Arthur Ratcliff Ellis solicitor (National Probate Calendar). Richard was born abt 1871, East Indies, (1881 census). Annie was possibly daughter of Gen. Richard Harte Keatinge (17jun1825 Dublin-25may1904, Sussex). In 1890 Richard joined the Dorsetshire Regt. (Times). Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Butler, KCB, KCMG, died 22apr1935 at Roden Lodge, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, who had married Helen, daughter of Major Battiscombe, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in 1894, leaving a son and a daughter (Times). Present at funeral of Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Butler, 26apr1935: Lady Butler (widow), Capt. and Mrs. Smyth (son in law and daughter), Mr. H. Butler (son), Mrs. E. A. F. Dawson (sister in law), Mr. E. Ivory (cousin), 26apr1935 (Times). In 1891 Richard H.K. Butler (1871 India, Lieut Dorset Regt.) was at Plymouth (census). In 1918, due to death, 6sep1909, of Ebenezer Robert Butler, Hastings, retd Surgeon Col., Indian Medical Service, stocks were transmitted to Myra Shaw Macfie Dawson, wife of Major Edward Alfred Finch Dawson, Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, and James Ivory, CA, of Ivory and Sime, 43 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh (GWR shares, findmypast).

1.   England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
2.   England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).