See also

Family of James Butler and Frances Mary Hedges

Husband: James Butler

  • Name:

  • James Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Frederick Butler (1779-1848)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Cato (1789-1866)

  • Note 1:

  • Head of the firm of Hedges & Butler, wine merchants, of New Burlington Street, St James's, London.

    1841 census: Warehouseman, Streatham Hill, Streatham, Surrey

    1851 census: Wine merchant, 155 Regent St, St James Westminster

    1851 census: Wine merchant, 153 Regent St, St James Westminster

    1881 census: Wine merchant, 14 New Burlington St, St James, London

  • Note 2:

  • 17 February 1882. The Will with two Codicils of James Butler late of Hollywood Wimbledon Park in the County of Surrey and of 14 New Burlington Street and 153 and 155 Regent Street both in the Parish of St. James Westminster in the County of Middlesex Wine Merchant who died 7 January 1882 at 14 New Burlington Street was proved at the Principal Registry by James William Butler and Frank Hedges Butler the Sons and William Worsfold all of 153 and 155 Regent Street Wine Merchants and Alfred Coleman of Holly Lodge Streatham in the County of Surrey Esquire four of the Executors. Personal Estate £103,645 5s. 11d.

  • Birth:

  • 8 Nov 1811

  • Little Chelsea, Middlesex

  • Occupation:

  • 19 Oct 1839 (age 27)

  • Grocer, Cadogan Cottage, Kings Road, Chelsea

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 29-30)

  • Warehouseman, Streatham Hill, Streatham, Surrey

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 39-40)

  • Wine merchant, 155 Regent St, St James Westminster

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 49-50)

  • Wine merchant, 153 Regent St, St James Westminster, London

  • Census (4):

  • 1871 (age 59-60)

  • Wine merchant, Kingston Road, Wandsworth, Surrey

  • Census (5):

  • 1881 (age 69-70)

  • Wine merchant, 14 New Burlington St, St James, London

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Hollywood, Wimbledon Park

  • Death fact:

  • 1882 (age 70-71)

  • 1882 Mar Qtr, Westminster, 1a/395 (aged 70)

  • Death:

  • 7 Jan 1882 (age 70)

  • 14 New Burlington Street, Westminster, Middlesex

Wife: Frances Mary Hedges

  • Name:

  • Frances Mary Hedges

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Hedges (1787-1872)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Greenhill (c. 1792-bef1871)

  • Note:

  • BUTLER Frances Mary of 7 Embankment Gardens Chelsea Middlesex widow died 9 April 1904; Probate London 3 May to Alice Morrison (wife of the reverend William Douglas Morrison). Effects £685 8s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jul 1819

  • St Martins, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Aug 1819 (age 0)

  • Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London

  • Death fact:

  • 1904 (age 84-85)

  • 1904 Jun Qtr, Chelsea, 1a/234 (aged 84)

  • Death:

  • 9 Apr 1904 (age 84)

  • Chelsea, Middlesex

Child 1: James William Butler

  • Name:

  • James William Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1840

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 20-21)

  • Living with parents

Child 2: Fanny Butler

  • Name:

  • Fanny Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Alfred Coleman (1838- )

  • Birth:

  • 8 Nov 1841

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Dec 1841 (age 0)

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 19-20)

  • Living with parents

Child 3: Mary Ann Butler

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Ensor Cato (1838-1896)

  • Children:

  • Thomas Butler Cato (1866-1943)

  • Note:

  • CATO Mary Ann of 44 Magdalen Road St. Leonards-on-Sea widow died 16 December 1931; probate London 30 January 1932 to Thomas Butler Cato solicitor. Effects £1530 6s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 1843

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1843 (age 0)

  • 1843 Jun Qtr, St James Westminster, 1/99

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 17-18)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 37-38)

  • With husband, staying with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 47-48)

  • Living on own means, 26 Church Rd, Hastings

  • Death:

  • 16 Dec 1931 (age 87-88)

  • St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex

Child 4: George Killingworth Butler

  • Name:

  • George Killingworth Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • BUTLER George Killingworth of San Diego California United States of America died 4 February 1921. Administration (with Will limited) London 26 June 1922 to Fanny Coleman widow attorney of the Southern Trust and Commerce Bank. Effects £948 0s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jan 1845

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Mar 1845 (age 0)

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1845 (age 0)

  • 1845 Mar Qtr, St James Westminster, 1/105

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 15-16)

  • Living with parents

  • Death:

  • 4 Feb 1921 (age 76)

  • San Diego, California, USA

Child 5: Ellen Butler

  • Name:

  • Ellen Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1847

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1847 (age 0)

  • 1847 Jun Qtr, St James Westminster, 1/98

Child 6: Frederick Richard Butler

  • Name:

  • Frederick Richard Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1848

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1848 (age 0)

  • 1848 Dec Qtr, St James Westminster, 1/106

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 12-13)

  • Attending school

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 22-23)

  • Wine merchant, living with parents

Child 7: William Butler Butler

  • Name:

  • William Butler Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1850

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1850 (age 0)

  • 1850 Jun Qtr, St James Westminster, 1/105

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 20-21)

  • Wine merchant, living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 30-31)

  • Wine merchant, living with parents

Child 8: Eliza Butler

  • Name:

  • Eliza Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1851

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1851 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1851 D Quarter in SAINT JAMES WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 109

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 19-20)

  • Living with parents

Child 9: Harriet Cato Butler

  • Name:

  • Harriet Cato Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1853

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1853 (age 0)

  • 1853 Sep Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/315

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 17-18)

  • Living with parents

Child 10: Frank Hedges Butler

  • Name:

  • Frank Hedges Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ada Isabel Tickle (1860-1905)

  • Note 1:

  • 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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  • Note 2:

  • 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.

  • Birth:

  • 17 Dec 1855

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1855 (age 0)

  • 1855 Dec Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/317

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 5-6)

  • Attending school

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 25-26)

  • Wine merchant, Richmond Road, Putney, Surrey

  • Death:

  • 27 Nov 1928 (age 72)

  • 29 Wimpole Street, Middlesex

Child 11: Florence Butler

  • Name:

  • Florence Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1858

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1858 (age 0)

  • 1858 Mar Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/354

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 22-23)

  • Living with parents

Child 12: Alice Butler

  • Name:

  • Alice Butler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Douglas Morrison ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 1859

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1859 (age 0)

  • 1859 Jun Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/336

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 1-2)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 21-22)

  • Living with parents

Child 13: Samuel Butler

  • Name:

  • Samuel Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1861

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1861 (age 0)

  • 1861 Mar Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/368

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 0)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 19-20)

  • Wine merchant, living with parents

Child 14: Harry Butler

  • Name:

  • Harry Butler

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1862

  • Regent Street, St James, Westminster

  • Birth fact:

  • 1862 (age 0)

  • 1862 Jun Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/370

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 18-19)

  • Wine merchant, living with parents

Note on Husband: James Butler (1)

Head of the firm of Hedges & Butler, wine merchants, of New Burlington Street, St James's, London.

1841 census: Warehouseman, Streatham Hill, Streatham, Surrey

1851 census: Wine merchant, 155 Regent St, St James Westminster

1851 census: Wine merchant, 153 Regent St, St James Westminster

1881 census: Wine merchant, 14 New Burlington St, St James, London

Note on Husband: James Butler (2)

17 February 1882. The Will with two Codicils of James Butler late of Hollywood Wimbledon Park in the County of Surrey and of 14 New Burlington Street and 153 and 155 Regent Street both in the Parish of St. James Westminster in the County of Middlesex Wine Merchant who died 7 January 1882 at 14 New Burlington Street was proved at the Principal Registry by James William Butler and Frank Hedges Butler the Sons and William Worsfold all of 153 and 155 Regent Street Wine Merchants and Alfred Coleman of Holly Lodge Streatham in the County of Surrey Esquire four of the Executors. Personal Estate £103,645 5s. 11d.

Note on Wife: Frances Mary Hedges

BUTLER Frances Mary of 7 Embankment Gardens Chelsea Middlesex widow died 9 April 1904; Probate London 3 May to Alice Morrison (wife of the reverend William Douglas Morrison). Effects £685 8s. 7d.

Note on Child 3: Mary Ann Butler

CATO Mary Ann of 44 Magdalen Road St. Leonards-on-Sea widow died 16 December 1931; probate London 30 January 1932 to Thomas Butler Cato solicitor. Effects £1530 6s. 7d.

Note on Child 4: George Killingworth Butler

BUTLER George Killingworth of San Diego California United States of America died 4 February 1921. Administration (with Will limited) London 26 June 1922 to Fanny Coleman widow attorney of the Southern Trust and Commerce Bank. Effects £948 0s. 7d.

Note on Child 10: Frank Hedges Butler (1)

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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Note on Child 10: Frank Hedges Butler (2)

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.