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 BUSHMAN] KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH E:MPIRE 65i and Avarilla Olivcria Cromwell, o. c. of A. ( 'roin- weU Russell, of Cheshunt Park. Hert.^. B. lil Sept. 18.').5: la. 18 Sept. 1900, Raehel Adela.dau. of the late Xathaniel Boiicl, of Creech Grange. Dorset ; ent. R.X. 189; lieut. 1877, commr. 1891, eapt. 1897, rear-adm. 1907, viee-adm. 1912 : served at battle of Tokar (4th el. Order of Osmanieh) ; eoniinded. H.^I.S. " St. Creorpe " during colonial tour of Prince and Princess of Wales 1901 : J. P. Dorset ; Commander of the Legion of Honour. Residence — Longham House, Winiborne, Dorset. Club — United Service. Issue — BUSHMAN, K.C.B. (mil.), Croat. 1908 ; C.B. (mil.) 18S1. — ^Iaj.-Gen. Sir Hexby Augustus Bushman, s. of George Biishman. and ^largaret, dau. of John Riordan. B. at Sheflield, 1841 ; ni. 1899, Laura, dau. of Robert Le'iis. of 02, Green Street. W. ; ent. Armv 1858'; It. -col. 1880. col. 1884, maj.-gen. 1895: apptd. col. 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 1900, ret. 1900 ; served in N.W. frontier campaign 1863 : in S. Africa 1879 (despatches) ; Afghan War 1879 (des- patches) ; A.A.G. India 1886-90 ; A.A.G. South- ern Dist. 1892-5. Residences — 11. South Audley Street. W. ; The Oke Field, Lyndhurst, Hants. Clulis — L^nited Service ; Naval and Military. Issue— BUSK, Knt. Bach. Great. 1901. — Sib Edward Henry Busk, s. of Henry William Busk, barrister, and Marv Anne, dau. of Rev. Pliilip Le Breton, M.A. B. ID Feb. 1844; m. 15 Dec. 1880, j Marian, dau. of Lewis Balfour ; ed. at Univ. ) Coll. Sell., Univ. Coll. Load., and Manchester New Coll.: B.A. (1st class) 1803, M.A. 1864,1 LL.B. (1st class), university law scholar and Fel- low of Univ. Coll. 1806 ; admitted a solicitor 1868, ret. 1899 : reader in elementarj' law to Incorporated Law Soc. 1879-92 ; chrmn. of Con- vocation and member of Senate London LTniv. since 1892 ; vice-chancellor 1905-7 ; commis- sioner under London LTniv. Act 1898, under University Coll. London (Transfer) Act 1905, and ' under King's Coll. London (Transfer) Act 1908 :, contested London University (L.IT. ) 1900 ; maj. (ret.) Artists' R.V. ; gov. Ladies' Coll. Chelten- ham, Dulwich Coll., Central Foundation Schools of London, and Gresham Sch., Holt, Norfolk ; member of Council City and Guilds of London I Institute, and of the governing body of the ' Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology ; mem- ber of Court Fishmongers' Co. Residences — 11, Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, N.W. ; Heath End, Checkendon, Oxon. Clubs — Athena?uni : Albemarle. BUTLER, Knt. Bach. Great. 1913. — Hon. Sir Richard Butler. M.L.A., S. Australia, since 1890 ; Minister of Education and Agriculture 1898-9 : treasurer 1901 : treas. and commr. of Crown lands and immigration 1902 ; Premier, 1 March to 26 July, 1905. I BUTLER, K.C.S.L Great. 1911 ; C.S.I. 1909 ; ! CLE. 1901. — Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, s. of Spencer Perceval Butler, of Line. Iim, Barr.- at-law, and Mary, dau. and heiress of Rev. Nicholas Kendall, of Bodmin, Cornwall. B. 1 Aug. 1869; m. 14 Julv. 1894, Florence, dau. of late F. Nelson Wright,' I. C.S. ; ed. at Elstree, Harrow, and Oxford : ent. I. C.S. 1888 ; served i successively as settlement officer, director of land records and agriculture, sec. to Govt. United 1 Provinces, deputy commr. Lucknow ; foreign sec. to Govt, of India ; an ordinary memb. of the Viceroy's Council. Address — With the Supreme Government, India. Issue — • j Victor Spencer Butler, b. 15 Aug. 1900. [ BUTLER, Lady (Privy Counsellor and Knt.'s, -widow). — Elizabeth Soiithebden, dau. of F. J. Thompson ; is a well-known artist ; painter of | the " Roll Call," and other celebrated pictures M. 1877, Lt.-Gen. the Rt. Hon. Sir William Francis Butler, P.C, G.C.B., who d. 1910. This distinguished officer rendered service in Canada, and with the Red River exped. 1870, in Ashanti 1874, in the Zulu war 1878-9, in Egypt against Arabi 1882, on the Nile in the Gordon Relief expedition 1884-5, and on Nile frontier 1885-6 ; commanded the troops at Alexandria 1890-3, a brigade at Aldershot 1893-6, the South-Eastern District 1896-8, and the troops in South Africa 1898-9, when he was recalled on the eve of the S. African war and given the cominand of the Western District ; was chrmn. of War Office Dep. Committee to inquire into the purchase and sale of stores in S. Africa, and author of several well- known works on travel and military liistorj? and biograplw. Residence — Bansha Castle, co. Tij)- perary. BUTTERWORTH, Knt. Bach. Great. 1914.— Sij; Alexander Kaye Buttebworth, s. of Rev. George Butterworth, and Frances Maria, dau. of John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln. B. 4 Dec. 1854 ; m. 16 July, 1884, .Julia (d. 20 Jan., 1911), dau. of GeorgeWigan, M.D., of Portishead, Somt. ; ed. at IMarlborough and London Univ., LL.B. ; Barr.- at-law (Inner Temple) 1878 : solicitor's dept. of G.W. Rv. 1883-90 : clerk to Beds C.C. 1890-1 : solicitor to N.E. Ry. 1891-1906, end gen. -manager thereof since 1906. Residence — 43, Colville Gardens, Bayswater, W. Issue — ■ George Sainton Kaye ButtciAvortli, b. 12 July, 1885. BUTT, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Anna Geor- gina, dau. of late C. Ferdinand Rodewald. M. 1878, the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Parker Butt, Privy Counsellor, late President of the Pi'obate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, and sometiine M.P. for South- ampton, who d. 1892. Residence — 9, Albert Hall .^Jansions, S.W. BYERS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1906. — Sib John William Byebs, s. of late Rev. John Byers, M.A., missionary to China, and Margaret Byers, LL.D. Univ. of Dublin, dau. of Andrew Morrow, of Windsor Hill, Rathfriland ; m. 10 Sept. 1902, Fanny, dau. of Mrs. Reid, of Netherleigh, Belfast ; ed. at Roy. Acad. Inst, and at Queen's Coll. Bel- fast, Dublin, and London (senior scholar in nat. science and scholar in meclicine, midwifery, and medical jurisprudence, of Queen's College, Bel- fast, gold medallist and 1st of 1st class honours, B.A. and M.A. degrees. Queen's Univ. of Ireland, honours at M.D. and hon. M.A.O. Royal Univ. of Ireland) ; apptd. to Children's Hospital, Belfast, 1879 ; hon. pres. Internat. Congress Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1896 ; vice-pres. Obstetrical Soc. of London 1899-1901 ; pres. Ulster Med. Soc. 1893—4 ; pres. N. of Ireland branch British Med. Assoc. 1900-1, and of Belfast Literary Society 1886-6 ; pres. Section of Physical Educ. and Training in Personal Hygiene Nat. Congress on School Hygiene, London, 1907 ; gov. of Camp- bell Coll. Belfast ; pres. Belfast Natural History and Philosoph. Soc. 1908-10 ; pres. Conference on Hygiene of Children, Belfast, 1911 ; fell, of Roy. Soc. of Medicine ; prof, of midwifery and of dis- eases of women and children Queen's LTniv. Belfast ; physician to Belfast Maternity Hosp. and for diseases of women to Roy. Victoria Hosp. Belfast ; Consulting Physician to tlie Belfast Hos- pital for Sick Children, and to the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Belfast ; author of many works on public health, obstetrics, the diseases of women, and folklore. Residence — Dreenagh House, Lower Crescent, Belfast. Issue — • 1. John Stafford Reid Byers, b. 1903. 2. Rowland Morrow Byers, b. 1905. 1. Frank May Reid.