James R BUTLER

1816 - 1854  (38 years)

• Name	James R BUTLER
  Birth	25 Jan 1816
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1848	13 Beaufort Buildings, The Strand, London
  	Architect
  	James's partner, Henry Hodge, was made an Associate of RIBA in 1848, according to a list of members published in 1865. More might be discovered in "Directory of British architects 1834-1914. Vol. 1, A-K." by Antonia Brodie, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects. Previous ed.: London : Mansell, 1993.
  		Advertisement placed in The Stowe Catalogue, 1848
  		Epsom Clock Tower, designed by Butler & Hodge [Source: http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/EpsomClockTower.html] "In 1847 the vestry resolved to pull down the Watch House and sell its materials, including the clock and the old fire engine. William Andrews, whose father (the caretaker of the old building) had died the year before, sat on the rebuilding committee and had hoped for the architect's contract. In response to the advertisement for a clock tower - not more than 40 feet high, costing less that £350 - plans and estimates had to be prepared in nine days. To Andrews' chagrin, however, the winning design was submitted by two London architects, James Butler and Henry Hodge. 'The extreme height of the building is 70 feet', reported The Builder magazine, 'and the openings for the dials are 4 feet 6 inches. It is to be built of red and Suffolk bricks, the external faces rubbed and finished freely. The four lions, bearing shields, are to be of Caen stone'."
  Census	1851	106 New Bond Street, St. George Hanover Square, London
  	Architect. Living with sisters Sarah and Ann.
  	Age: 34
  Death	24 Feb 1854	Tormarton, Gloucestershire
  	Cause: Pthisis (consumption/TB) / One Year / not certified
  	Father present at the death and registered it 3 Mar 1854. Reported in the Deaths notices of The Bristol Times & Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, Saturday 4th March, 1854: "Feb 24 at Tormarton, much and deservedly respected, of consumption, aged 39 years, Mr James R BUTLER, architect and builder, son of Mr James BUTLER, of Horton."
  Burial	Horton, Gloucestershire
  		James and Ann BUTLER gravestone - opposite side which lists children. "Also of James their son Born Sep *th 1804. Died November 18**, George their son (Medical Student) Born Aug 26th 1802 Died April 19th 1824, *** Daughter born Jan 7th 1825 Died March 4th 18**, John their son (MRCS) born Sep 26th 1806 Died May 17th 1828[?], James their son (Architect) Born Jan 25th 1816[?] Died Feb 24th 1854"
  Person ID	I7966	Gadd
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	James BUTLER,   b. 14 Jan 1777, Horton, Gloucestershire d. 28 Mar 1866 (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Ann REED,   b. Nov 1778, Horton, Gloucestershire d. 7 Apr 1854 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	24 Aug 1808	St. James's, Bristol   [1]
  	James and Ann were second cousins.
  Family ID	F95	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S277] Both "of this Parish", by banns. Both signed, as did witnesses Ann LODGE &.