1009:
1158:
1427:
1212:
1451:
1439:
217:
33:
440:
534:
96:
157:
112:
1463:
979:
647:
1028:
424:, and as such, and subsequently in his military capacity, he expressed views on the subject of the probabilities of war which were not approved by the home government; he was consequently ordered home to command the
1574:
1146:
1559:
517:
The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards
1569:
1534:
662:
1549:
1139:
416:
as commander-in-chief in South Africa, with the local rank of lieutenant-general. For a short period (December 1898 – February 1899), during the absence of
1519:
1499:
1614:
1529:
1353:
860:
1504:
1132:
1514:
1124:
1554:
1509:
1044:
667:
481:
186:
160:
1604:
1564:
452:
In
October 1905, having reached the age limit of sixty-seven, he was placed on the retired list. The few years of life which remained to him he spent at
1544:
1306:
379:
1524:
1443:
1589:
1584:
1539:
1336:
1609:
298:
1579:
1188:
1051:
836:
810:
399:
432:
for a brief period from 1900 to 1901. Sir
William Butler was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1900 and continued to serve, finally leaving
1378:
1342:
526:
General Butler had started work on his autobiography a few years before his death but died before it was completed. His youngest daughter,
443:
335:
178:
125:
302:
507:, and subsequent travel across Western Canada for the Government, to report on conditions there. Other works include biographies of
1599:
1455:
1098:
477:
622:, and was instrumental in protecting and defending the rights of Indigenous people throughout the Prairies" when Canada acquired
239:
1078:
425:
338:
530:, completed the work and had it published in 1911. Lady Gormanston found among his papers a poem he had written, which began:
1196:
742:
473:
367:
227:
216:
931:
1277:
1178:
1594:
1431:
1366:
1071:
983:
864:
1426:
1384:
413:
1450:
1211:
465:
243:
193:
48:
882:
258:
and scenes of suffering and eviction were amongst his earliest recollections. He was educated chiefly by the
887:
469:
1438:
1402:
1372:
710:
457:
357:
341:(6 Feb 1867 – 8 Dec 1940) on 24 July 1903 and his younger daughter, Eileen Butler, married
282:
255:
145:
1288:
1228:
512:
508:
201:
978:
1494:
1489:
1360:
1312:
1262:
1247:
461:
1329:
1257:
527:
504:
500:
485:
439:
342:
290:
918:
The Wild North Land: Being the Story of a Winter
Journey, with Dogs, Across Northern North America
687:
533:
1323:
1267:
1234:
854:
758:
309:
170:
32:
992:
1183:
1105:
1004:
842:
832:
806:
738:
429:
421:
383:
353:
156:
1013:
652:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
623:
263:
1467:
1347:
1282:
1272:
456:
in
Ireland, devoted chiefly to the cause of education. He was a frequent lecturer both in
278:
111:
1462:
886:
1300:
1241:
1116:
953:
564:
294:
235:
95:
1483:
1407:
1390:
1061:
909:
The Great Lone Land; a
Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America
658:
653:
417:
391:
378:
on the staff 1885 and brigadier-general 1885–86. In the latter year, he was promoted
314:
270:
81:
65:
1318:
1157:
489:
403:
362:
286:
198:
115:
77:
938:
925:
916:
907:
800:
783:
1294:
1162:
222:
1000:
987:
520:
433:
334:(1895). They had six children. His elder daughter, Elizabeth Butler, married
205:
846:
395:
274:
135:
826:
197:(31 October 1838 – 7 June 1910), was an Irish 19th-century
1022:
495:
He had long been known as a descriptive writer, since his publication of
446:
349:
618:
22 June 2019, says Butler had a "key role in creating what is today the
831:. Christine M. Lee, Neville Morley. Chichester, West Sussex, UK. 2014.
671:. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 888.
410:
375:
247:
614:"Fighting to prevent genocide" by Peter Shawn Taylor in the (Toronto)
453:
259:
61:
1018:
345:(16 July 1879 – 7 November 1925) on 26 October 1911.
464:
on historical, social, and economic matters. Butler was known as a
438:
387:
371:
215:
583:
488:. Butler died at Bansha Castle and was buried at the cemetery of
721:
619:
1128:
937:
Lieut.-General The Rt. Hon. Sir W. F. Butler G.C.B. (1911).
532:
927:
Red Cloud, the
Solitary Sioux: A Story of the Great Prairie
735:
An Irish Empire?: Aspects of
Ireland and the British Empire
492:, a few miles distant and not far from his ancestral home.
515:(1899). In his biography of Gordon, he wrote the epigram "
1575:
British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War
16:
British Army officer, writer and adventurer (1838–1910)
802:
Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life
312:, an accomplished painter of battle scenes, notably
1219:
1169:
519:" which has since frequently been misattributed to
166:
151:
141:
131:
121:
104:
89:
72:
55:
42:
23:
428:, and held this post until 1905. He also held the
398:, subsequent to which he was given command of the
348:Butler again served with General Wolseley in the
1560:British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War
958:Remember Butler. The Story of Sir William Butler
541:Give me but six-foot-three (one inch to spare)
289:in 1874. He took part with distinction in the
1432:State President of the South African Republic
1140:
8:
1570:British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War
1535:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
737:. Manchester University Press. p. 108.
482:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
1147:
1133:
1125:
1033:
895:. Dublin: Browne and Nolan. pp. 1–65.
859:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
805:. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 282.
682:
680:
678:
31:
20:
1550:British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
828:A handbook to the reception of Thucydides
402:in March 1896, resident as Lieutenant of
380:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
1520:Military personnel from County Tipperary
1500:People educated at St Stanislaus College
1444:State President of the Orange Free State
965:William Francis Butler, a life 1838–1910
640:
638:
636:
634:
632:
549:And for my poor soul say an Irish prayer
343:Jenico Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston
1615:Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
995:Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
576:
528:Eileen, who married Viscount Gormanston
472:. He was a member of the Senate of the
1530:19th-century Irish non-fiction writers
1414:Those in italics were Acting Governors
852:
339:Randolph Albert Fitzhardinge Kingscote
250:, the son of Richard Butler and Ellen
777:
775:
595:
593:
591:
7:
1505:People from Golden, County Tipperary
940:Sir William Butler. An Autobiography
782:Butler, Sir William Francis (1892).
602:Sir William Butler: An Autobiography
545:Of Irish earth, and dig it anywhere;
1515:20th-century British Army personnel
893:Studies in Irish History, 1649–1775
480:. In June 1906, he was elevated as
390:until 1892 when he was promoted to
1555:Irish officers in the British Army
1510:Burials in the Republic of Ireland
946:Eileen Gormanston; Atkins (1953).
888:"Oliver Cromwell in Ireland"
484:, and in 1909 he was sworn of the
303:Companion of the Order of the Bath
14:
1605:19th-century Irish travel writers
1565:People of the Red River Rebellion
1456:Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
1545:British Army lieutenant generals
1461:
1449:
1437:
1425:
1210:
1156:
1026:
1010:Works by or about William Butler
977:
799:Greitens, Eric (10 March 2015).
645:
604:. London: Constable and Company.
242:, he was born at Ballyslatteen,
155:
110:
94:
1525:19th-century Anglo-Irish people
924:William Francis Butler (1882).
915:William Francis Butler (1873).
906:William Francis Butler (1872).
308:Butler married on 11 June 1877
1590:Irish male non-fiction writers
1585:19th-century Irish biographers
1540:69th Regiment of Foot officers
1072:Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker
474:National University of Ireland
360:(after which he was appointed
269:Butler entered the Army as an
220:General Butler caricatured by
1:
1610:Writers from County Tipperary
759:"BUTLER, Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS"
414:Sir William Howley Goodenough
1580:Governors of the Cape Colony
1163:Governors of the Cape Colony
600:Butler, Sir William (1911).
476:, and a commissioner of the
297:operations of 1873–74 under
1025:(public domain audiobooks)
663:Butler, Sir William Francis
478:Board of National Education
37:Lt. Gen. Sir William Butler
1631:
1106:GOC-in-C Aldershot Command
1052:GOC South-Eastern District
943:Scribner's Sons, New York.
182:Sir William Francis Butler
1421:
1385:William Howley Goodenough
1208:
1113:
1103:
1095:
1085:
1076:
1068:
1058:
1049:
1041:
1036:
354:brevet lieutenant-colonel
30:
1600:British male biographers
954:Edward Alexander McCourt
950:. London & New York.
788:. Macmillan and Company.
420:in England, he acted as
358:campaign of Tel-el-Kebir
256:The great famine of 1847
244:Golden, County Tipperary
1468:Prime Minister of Natal
1019:Works by William Butler
1001:Works by William Butler
733:Jeffery, Keith (1996).
668:Encyclopædia Britannica
499:(1872), describing the
470:Charles Stewart Parnell
1403:Walter Hely-Hutchinson
1373:William Gordon Cameron
984:William Francis Butler
537:
503:in suppression of the
449:
400:South-Eastern District
231:
1289:Charles Henry Darling
863:) CS1 maint: others (
785:Charles George Gordon
584:www.burkespeerage.com
536:
509:Charles George Gordon
442:
409:In 1898 he succeeded
374:in 1884–86, becoming
219:
59:7 June 1910 (aged 71)
49:Golden, Co. Tipperary
1361:Henry Augustus Smyth
1313:Charles Craufurd Hay
1263:George Thomas Napier
1248:Galbraith Lowry Cole
1079:GOC Western District
1045:Lord William Seymour
722:www.banshacastle.com
501:Red River Expedition
436:'s service in 1905.
332:The Dawn of Waterloo
301:and was appointed a
291:Red River expedition
1330:Henry Hugh Clifford
1253:Thomas Francis Wade
1099:Sir Alexander Moore
963:Martin Ryan (2003)
711:www.cinqueports.org
505:Red River Rebellion
497:The Great Lone Land
486:Irish Privy Council
1595:Irish male writers
1324:Henry Bartle Frere
1268:Peregrine Maitland
1235:Rufane Shaw Donkin
1170:British occupation
1117:Sir Redvers Buller
982:Works by or about
538:
468:and an admirer of
450:
310:Elizabeth Thompson
293:(1870–71) and the
281:in 1858, becoming
232:
179:Lieutenant General
171:Elizabeth Thompson
126:Lieutenant General
25:Sir William Butler
1477:
1476:
1379:Hercules Robinson
1343:Hercules Robinson
1193:Henry George Grey
1184:Henry George Grey
1123:
1122:
1114:Succeeded by
1089:Command disbanded
1086:Succeeded by
1062:Sir Leslie Rundle
1059:Succeeded by
1037:Military offices
1005:Project Gutenberg
993:Biography at the
883:O'Brien, R. Barry
838:978-1-118-98021-7
812:978-0-544-32399-5
513:Sir George Colley
430:Aldershot Command
422:High Commissioner
418:Sir Alfred Milner
394:and stationed at
384:brigadier-general
176:
175:
1622:
1465:
1453:
1441:
1429:
1307:Philip Wodehouse
1258:Benjamin D'Urban
1229:Charles Somerset
1214:
1189:Du Pre Alexander
1161:
1160:
1149:
1142:
1135:
1126:
1096:Preceded by
1069:Preceded by
1042:Preceded by
1034:
1030:
1029:
1014:Internet Archive
981:
932:Roberts Brothers
896:
890:
869:
868:
858:
850:
823:
817:
816:
796:
790:
789:
779:
770:
769:
767:
765:
755:
749:
748:
730:
724:
719:
713:
708:
702:
701:
699:
697:
692:
684:
673:
672:
651:
649:
648:
642:
627:
612:
606:
605:
597:
586:
581:
426:Western District
386:on the staff in
264:Tullabeg College
196:
191:
159:
114:
106:
99:
98:
35:
21:
1630:
1629:
1625:
1624:
1623:
1621:
1620:
1619:
1480:
1479:
1478:
1473:
1417:
1416:
1348:Leicester Smyth
1283:George Cathcart
1273:Henry Pottinger
1221:
1215:
1206:
1171:
1165:
1155:
1153:
1119:
1110:
1101:
1091:
1082:
1074:
1064:
1055:
1047:
1027:
974:
903:
881:
878:
873:
872:
851:
839:
825:
824:
820:
813:
798:
797:
793:
781:
780:
773:
763:
761:
757:
756:
752:
745:
732:
731:
727:
720:
716:
709:
705:
695:
693:
690:
688:"Army Commands"
686:
685:
676:
661:, ed. (1911). "
657:
646:
644:
643:
630:
613:
609:
599:
598:
589:
582:
578:
573:
561:
551:
547:
543:
382:. He served as
328:The Camel Corps
279:Fermoy Barracks
240:Earls of Ormond
234:A scion of the
214:
212:Military career
189:
185:
93:
85:
60:
47:
46:31 October 1838
38:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1628:
1626:
1618:
1617:
1612:
1607:
1602:
1597:
1592:
1587:
1582:
1577:
1572:
1567:
1562:
1557:
1552:
1547:
1542:
1537:
1532:
1527:
1522:
1517:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1482:
1481:
1475:
1474:
1472:
1471:
1459:
1447:
1435:
1422:
1419:
1418:
1412:
1411:
1410:
1405:
1400:
1397:William Butler
1393:
1388:
1381:
1376:
1369:
1364:
1357:
1350:
1345:
1340:
1337:George Strahan
1333:
1326:
1321:
1316:
1309:
1304:
1301:Robert Wynyard
1297:
1292:
1285:
1280:
1275:
1270:
1265:
1260:
1255:
1250:
1245:
1242:Richard Bourke
1238:
1231:
1225:
1223:
1220:British colony
1217:
1216:
1209:
1207:
1205:
1204:
1199:
1194:
1191:
1186:
1181:
1175:
1173:
1167:
1166:
1154:
1152:
1151:
1144:
1137:
1129:
1121:
1120:
1115:
1112:
1102:
1097:
1093:
1092:
1087:
1084:
1075:
1070:
1066:
1065:
1060:
1057:
1048:
1043:
1039:
1038:
1032:
1031:
1016:
1007:
998:
990:
973:
972:External links
970:
969:
968:
961:
951:
944:
935:
922:
913:
902:
899:
898:
897:
885:, ed. (1903).
877:
874:
871:
870:
837:
818:
811:
791:
771:
750:
743:
725:
714:
703:
674:
659:Chisholm, Hugh
628:
607:
587:
575:
574:
572:
569:
568:
567:
565:Butler dynasty
560:
557:
553:Above the spot
236:Butler dynasty
213:
210:
204:, writer, and
174:
173:
168:
164:
163:
153:
149:
148:
143:
139:
138:
133:
129:
128:
123:
119:
118:
108:
102:
101:
100:United Kingdom
91:
87:
86:
76:
74:
70:
69:
57:
53:
52:
44:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1627:
1616:
1613:
1611:
1608:
1606:
1603:
1601:
1598:
1596:
1593:
1591:
1588:
1586:
1583:
1581:
1578:
1576:
1573:
1571:
1568:
1566:
1563:
1561:
1558:
1556:
1553:
1551:
1548:
1546:
1543:
1541:
1538:
1536:
1533:
1531:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1521:
1518:
1516:
1513:
1511:
1508:
1506:
1503:
1501:
1498:
1496:
1493:
1491:
1488:
1487:
1485:
1470:
1469:
1464:
1460:
1458:
1457:
1452:
1448:
1446:
1445:
1440:
1436:
1434:
1433:
1428:
1424:
1423:
1420:
1415:
1409:
1408:Harry Scobell
1406:
1404:
1401:
1399:
1398:
1394:
1392:
1391:Alfred Milner
1389:
1387:
1386:
1382:
1380:
1377:
1375:
1374:
1370:
1368:
1365:
1363:
1362:
1358:
1356:
1355:
1354:Henry Torrens
1351:
1349:
1346:
1344:
1341:
1339:
1338:
1334:
1332:
1331:
1327:
1325:
1322:
1320:
1317:
1315:
1314:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1303:
1302:
1298:
1296:
1293:
1291:
1290:
1286:
1284:
1281:
1279:
1276:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1266:
1264:
1261:
1259:
1256:
1254:
1251:
1249:
1246:
1244:
1243:
1239:
1237:
1236:
1232:
1230:
1227:
1226:
1224:
1218:
1213:
1203:
1200:
1198:
1195:
1192:
1190:
1187:
1185:
1182:
1180:
1177:
1176:
1174:
1168:
1164:
1159:
1150:
1145:
1143:
1138:
1136:
1131:
1130:
1127:
1118:
1109:
1107:
1100:
1094:
1090:
1081:
1080:
1073:
1067:
1063:
1054:
1053:
1046:
1040:
1035:
1024:
1020:
1017:
1015:
1011:
1008:
1006:
1002:
999:
997:
996:
991:
989:
985:
980:
976:
975:
971:
966:
962:
959:
955:
952:
949:
948:A Little Kept
945:
942:
941:
936:
933:
929:
928:
923:
920:
919:
914:
911:
910:
905:
904:
900:
894:
889:
884:
880:
879:
875:
866:
862:
856:
848:
844:
840:
834:
830:
829:
822:
819:
814:
808:
804:
803:
795:
792:
787:
786:
778:
776:
772:
760:
754:
751:
746:
740:
736:
729:
726:
723:
718:
715:
712:
707:
704:
689:
683:
681:
679:
675:
670:
669:
664:
660:
655:
654:public domain
641:
639:
637:
635:
633:
629:
625:
624:Rupert's Land
621:
617:
616:National Post
611:
608:
603:
596:
594:
592:
588:
585:
580:
577:
570:
566:
563:
562:
558:
556:
554:
550:
546:
542:
535:
531:
529:
524:
522:
518:
514:
510:
506:
502:
498:
493:
491:
487:
483:
479:
475:
471:
467:
463:
459:
455:
454:Basnha Castle
448:
445:
441:
437:
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
415:
412:
407:
405:
401:
397:
393:
392:major-general
389:
385:
381:
377:
373:
369:
365:
364:
359:
355:
351:
346:
344:
340:
337:
333:
329:
325:
324:Rorke's Drift
321:
317:
316:
315:The Roll Call
311:
306:
304:
300:
296:
292:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
267:
265:
261:
257:
253:
249:
245:
241:
237:
229:
225:
224:
218:
211:
209:
207:
203:
200:
195:
188:
183:
180:
172:
169:
165:
162:
158:
154:
150:
147:
144:
140:
137:
134:
130:
127:
124:
120:
117:
113:
109:
103:
97:
92:
88:
83:
82:Co. Tipperary
79:
75:
71:
67:
66:Co. Tipperary
63:
62:Bansha Castle
58:
54:
50:
45:
41:
34:
29:
22:
19:
1466:
1454:
1442:
1430:
1413:
1396:
1395:
1383:
1371:
1359:
1352:
1335:
1328:
1319:Henry Barkly
1311:
1299:
1287:
1252:
1240:
1233:
1202:Robert Meade
1201:
1197:John Cradock
1104:
1088:
1077:
1050:
994:
964:
957:
947:
939:
926:
917:
908:
892:
827:
821:
801:
794:
784:
762:. Retrieved
753:
734:
728:
717:
706:
694:. Retrieved
666:
615:
610:
601:
579:
552:
548:
544:
540:
539:
525:
516:
496:
494:
490:Killaldriffe
451:
408:
404:Dover Castle
363:aide-de-camp
361:
347:
331:
330:(1891), and
327:
323:
319:
313:
307:
285:in 1872 and
268:
251:
233:
221:
199:British Army
181:
177:
146:South Africa
116:British Army
78:Killaldriffe
18:
1495:1910 deaths
1490:1838 births
1295:George Grey
1278:Harry Smith
1179:David Baird
696:21 November
511:(1889) and
447:breast star
320:Quatre Bras
228:Vanity Fair
1484:Categories
1367:Henry Loch
1111:1900–1901
1083:1899–1905
1056:1896–1898
988:Wikisource
960:. Toronto.
901:References
744:0719038731
521:Thucydides
466:Home Ruler
370:) and the
206:adventurer
90:Allegiance
1222:1814–1910
1172:1806–1814
1108:(acting)
967:. Dublin.
934:, Boston.
921:. London.
912:. London.
855:cite book
847:881824389
462:provinces
396:Aldershot
368:the Queen
305:in 1874.
275:69th Foot
167:Spouse(s)
136:69th Foot
84:, Ireland
68:, Ireland
51:, Ireland
1023:LibriVox
956:(1967).
626:in 1870.
559:See also
460:and the
434:the King
350:Zulu War
336:Lt.-Col.
326:(1881),
322:(1875),
318:(1874),
299:Wolseley
254:Dillon.
238:via the
194:PC (Ire)
142:Commands
105:Service/
1012:at the
656::
411:General
376:colonel
356:), the
295:Ashanti
283:captain
273:of the
260:Jesuits
248:Ireland
202:officer
845:
835:
809:
764:8 June
741:
650:
458:Dublin
271:ensign
230:, 1907
152:Awards
107:branch
73:Buried
876:Works
691:(PDF)
571:Notes
388:Egypt
372:Sudan
287:major
192:
190:,
865:link
861:link
843:OCLC
833:ISBN
807:ISBN
766:2022
739:ISBN
698:2015
620:RCMP
352:(as
226:for
132:Unit
122:Rank
56:Died
43:Born
1021:at
1003:at
986:at
665:".
444:GCB
366:to
277:at
262:at
252:née
223:Spy
187:GCB
161:GCB
1486::
930:.
891:.
857:}}
853:{{
841:.
774:^
677:^
631:^
590:^
555:.
523:.
406:.
266:.
246:,
208:.
184:,
80:,
64:,
1148:e
1141:t
1134:v
867:)
849:.
815:.
768:.
747:.
700:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
