| Richard Butler | |
|---|---|
 Richard Butler, seated portrait reading | |
| Born | c.1796 |
| Died | 1862 |
| Occupation | Anglican priest |
| Known for | Irish history |
| Title | Reverend |
Richard Butler (1795/6–1862) was a Church of Ireland priest during the 19th century.
Butler was born in County Meath, the son of Richard Butler of Granard. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1813, aged 17, and graduated B.A. there in 1817. He was vicar of Trim, and Dean of Clonmacnoise from 1847. He married Harriet Edgeworth (1801–1889), sister of Maria Edgeworth.
Works
- Annalium Hiberniæ chronicon, ad annum MCCCXLIX (1849), John Clyn and Thady Dowling, ed. Richard Butler
References
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Butler, Richard (3)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
- "Some Notices of the Castle and of the Abbies and other religious houses at Trim by The Rev Richard Butler Trim, County Meath; H. Griffith; 1840
- "Alumni Dublinenses Supplement p123: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p146: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- Friedman, Jean E.; Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. (2001). Ways of Wisdom: Moral Education in the Early National Period. University of Georgia Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-8203-2252-0.
- Clyn, John; Dowling, Thady (1849). Annalium Hiberniæ chronicon, ad annum MCCCXLIX. Irish Archaeological Society.
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