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Charles Salisbury Butler
Member of Parliament
for Tower Hamlets
In office
8 July 1852 – 18 November 1868
Serving with Acton Smee Ayrton (1857–1868)
William Clay (18521857)
Preceded by George Thompson
William Clay
Succeeded by Acton Smee Ayrton
Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda
Personal details
Born 1812
Died 12 November 1870(1870-11-12) (aged 57–58)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Other political
affiliations
Radical
Spouse
Elizabeth Kingstone
(m. 1833)
Children Eight
Parents John Butler
Elizabeth Mary Butt

Charles Salisbury Butler (1812 – 12 November 1870) was a British Liberal Party and Radical politician.

Family and early life

Born in 1812, Butler was the son of John and Elizabeth Mary (née Butt) Butler. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Kingstone, in 1833 and they had eight children: Charles Edward Kingstone (died 1869); John Banks Meek; Elizabeth Lecesne Kingstone; Emily; Sophia; Frances; Rosa Seldon; and Louisa.

Political career

Butler was elected Radical MP for Tower Hamlets at the 1852 general election and, joining the Liberal Party upon its formation in 1859, he held the seat until 1868 when he stood down.

Other activities

Butler was also a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex, City of Westminster and the Liberties of the Tower of London as well as Deputy Lieutenant for the latter. He also held the role of Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the Liberties of Her Majesty's Tower and of the Court of Lieutenancy of the Tower Hamlets, and Chairman of the Divisional Bench of the County of Middlesex. Upon the death of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, he jointly and temporarily held the office of Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets with William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros.

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