Christopher Butson (priest)

The Ven. Christopher Henry Gould Butson (19 April 1817[1] – 13 June 1892) was an Irish Anglican priest.[2]

Butson was born in Dublin, the son of an Archdeacon of Clonfert, The Ven. James Strange Butson;[3] and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[4] He was the Rector of Clontarf; himself Archdeacon of Clonfert from 1855[5] to 1874; and then the Dean of Kilmacduagh from 1874[6] until his death on 13 June 1892.[7]

Notes
  1. Kirby, Thomas Frederick (1888). Winchester Scholars: A List of the Wardens, Fellows, and Scholars of Saint Mary College of Winchester, Near Winchester, Commonly Called Winchester College. H. Frowde. p. 310. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. The book of dignities Ockerley, H: London, W.H. Allen and Co., 1890
  3. The County Families of the United Kingdom (Volume ed.59, p57) Walford, E: London : R. Hardwicke, 1919
  4. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860). Burtchaell, G.D; Sadlier,T.U; p. 803: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  5. Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 5 Cotton, H. p296 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  6. Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Cotton, H: Dublin : James Charles & Son, 1878
  7. "Deaths". The Times (33671). London, England. 22 June 1892. p. 1.


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