Edward Butler (politician)
- Edward Butler (politician)
Edward Butler (1 January 1823-9 June 1879), was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, son of Michael Butler, farmer, and his wife Mary, née Joyce. He was educated at St Kieran's College intending to become a priest, according to Thomas Carlyle. During the Potato Famine he became a journalist and supported Young Ireland as the editor of the "Galway Vindicator". Young Ireland attempted to build an Irish national movement that included Catholics and Protestants and campaigned for a common educational system for all denominations.[cite web]
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title =Butler, Edward (1823 - 1879)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030291b.htm
accessdate = 2007-02-19] Butler found that his ambitions to be trained as a lawyer were blocked in Ireland because of his Catholicism and he migrated to Sydney, arriving in in May 1853, where he found work writing for Henry Parkes' "Empire". He was admitted as a barrister in 1855 and was appointed as a crown prosecutor for the metropolitan and coast district in 1857. In 1858 he married Ellen Mary Connolly and they had four sons and five daughters.[ ]In politics Butler was a strong supporter of the "liberal party", associated with Parkes and John Robertson, including Robertson's land policy and Charles Cowper's support for the withdrawal of state aid to religion.[ From 1869 to 1877 he was the member for Argyle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was Attorney-General from May 1872 to November 1873.][cite web]
title =Mr Edward Butler (1823 - 1879)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/d28ccb61f2d711dcca256cbb00831607!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-02-19 ] He made a major contribution to reducing the level of sectarianism that had been sparked by Henry James O'Farrell's attack on Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh in 1868.[ ]His first wife died in 1871 and, in 1875, he married Marion and they had one daughter. He was appointed for life to the Legislative Council in 1877. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1873 and had become a wealthy squatter. He died in Sydney.Notes
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NAME=Butler, Edward
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=New South Wales politician, lawyer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1 January 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kilkenny, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH= 9 June 1879
PLACE OF DEATH= Sydney
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