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| Husband: | Frank Hedges Butler (1855-1928) | |
| Wife: | Ada Isabel Tickle (1860-1905) | |
| Marriage | 1880 | Halifax, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Frank Hedges Butler | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | James Butler (1811-1882) | |
| Mother: | Frances Mary Hedges (1819-1904) | |
| Birth | 17 Dec 1855 | Regent Street, St James, Westminster |
| Birth fact | 1855 (age 0) | 1855 Dec Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/317 |
| Census | 1861 (age 5-6) | Attending school |
| Census | 1881 (age 25-26) | Wine merchant, Richmond Road, Putney, Surrey |
| Death | 27 Nov 1928 (age 72) | 29 Wimpole Street, Middlesex |
| Name: | Ada Isabel Tickle | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Joseph Bartholomew Tickle (1829-1894) | |
| Mother: | Mary Whelton Warren (c. 1831-1911) | |
| Birth | 1860 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth fact | 1860 (age 0) | NSW Registration No. 1850/1860 |
| Death | 1905 (age 44-45) | |
Frank Hedges Butler, 1855-1928, balloonist and pioneer of flying, was born in London 17 December 1855, the fifth son of James Butler, wine merchant, of Hollywood, Wimbledon Park, by his wife, Frances Mary, eldest daughter of William Hedges. He was educated at private schools at Brighton and Upper Clapton and, after travelling on the continent and in South America, entered the family business of Hedges & Butler (founded in 1667), Regent Street, London, in which he became a partner in 1882. He married in 1880 Ada (died 1905), daughter of Joseph Bartholomew Tickle, wool broker, of London and Sydney, and by her had one daughter, who shared many of his motoring and ballooning adventures.Hedges Butler was one of the first persons in England to own a motor-car. He acquired a Benz car in 1897, and in the same year was appointed first honorary treasurer of the newly-formed Automobile Club of Great Britain, a post which he held until 1902.
In 1900. Butler won a silver medal in the 1000 Miles Trial, in recognition of his having successfully completed the trial, for having accompanied his vehicle throughout, and for having driven and steered for at least half the distance. The 1000 Miles Trial was arranged in order to attempt to dispel some of the animosity that surrounded the new invention the car.
In 1908, when the American inventor, Wilbur Wright, came over to France in order to demonstrate his aeroplane, Butler was one of the first two Englishmen to fly as passenger with him.
Author: Five Thousand Miles in a Balloon (1907), Through Lapland with Skis and Reindeer (1917), Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water, and Air (1920), Round the World (1924), and Wine and the Wine Lands of the World (1926).
Hedges Butler had still other interests. He was a violinist of merit, and in 1894 founded the Imperial Institute Orchestral Society, in which he played one of the first violins. He was a man of hospitable nature with a gift for friendship, who enjoyed splendid health, as well as ample means to indulge his many enthusiasms.
He was elected F.R.G.S. in 1877.
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BUTLER Frank Hedges of 153 Regent Street and of 1 St James Street both in Middlesex died 27 November 1928 at 29 Wimpole Street Middlesex. Probate London 30 January 1929 to Vera Francis Nicholl (wife of Hugh Iltid Nicholl) the said Hugh Iltid Nicholl retired lieutenant colonel H.M. army and David Iltid Nicholl esquire. Effects £5261 8s. 2d.