Richard Butler
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Military
- Richard Butler, 1st Earl of ArranRichard Butler, 1st Earl of ArranRichard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, Baron Butler of Cloughgrenan, Viscount Tullough was an Irish peer, the fourth son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde-Life:...
(1639–1686), 1st Earl of Arran, marshal of the army in Ireland, lord deputy of Ireland - Richard Butler (general)Richard Butler (general)Richard Butler was an officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, who later died fighting American Indians in Ohio.-Early life:...
(1743–1791), American Revolutionary War General, later killed fighting Native Americans in Ohio - Richard Butler (British Army officer)Richard Butler (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Richard Harte Keatinge Butler KCB KCMG was a British Army General during World War I.-Military career:Educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Butler was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment in 1890.He served in the Second Boer War and then became...
(1870–1935), British Army General, served in World War I
Politicians
- Sir Richard Butler, 5th BaronetSir Richard Butler, 5th BaronetSir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the eldest son of James Butler, second son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Frances Abney, daughter of Sir Edward Abney. Butler represented Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1730 to 1761...
(1699–1771), Irish MP for Carlow County 1730–1761 - Richard Butler (Australian politician)Richard Butler (Australian politician)Sir Richard Butler was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.-Early life:Butler was born at Stadhampton, near Oxford, England, elder son of Richard Butler, pastoralist, and his wife Mary Eliza, née Sadler. The family emigrated to South Australia, arriving in Adelaide on 8 March...
(1850–1925), Premier of South Australia - Sir Richard Butler, 7th BaronetSir Richard Butler, 7th BaronetSir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet was an Anglo-Irish politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin. In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet...
(1761–1817), Irish and British MP for Carlow County 1783–1790 and 1796–1802 - Richard Layton ButlerRichard Layton ButlerSir Richard Layton Butler KCMG was the 31st Premier of South Australia, serving two disjunct terms in office: from 1927 to 1930, and again from 1933 to 1938....
(1885–1966), Australian politician, Premier of South Australia - Rab ButlerRab ButlerRichard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...
(1902–1982), Richard Austen Butler, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Musicians
- Richard Butler (singer)Richard Butler (singer)Richard Lofthouse Butler is the lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the founder and vocalist for the disbanded Love Spit Love.-Musical career:...
(born 1956), lead singer of The Psychedelic Furs and former lead singer of Love Spit Love- Richard Butler (album)Richard Butler (album)Richard Butler is the debut solo album of Richard Butler. Butler collaborated with Jon Carin on the album. It was released by Koch Records in 2006. Upon release, the album was met with considerable critical acclaim. The Guardian UK called it "an unexpected triumph...
, the singer's self-titled album released in 2006
- Richard Butler (album)
- Richard Butler, Jr. is the real name of rapper/songwriter Rico LoveRico LoveRichard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...
Others
- Richard Butler, 1st Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 1st Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Lady Margaret Fitzgerald. He married his first cousin Eleanor Butler, daughter of Theobald Butler of Polestown, the illegitimate brother of the 8th Earl of Ormond...
(1500–1571) - Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret and Grany or Grizzel, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory...
(1578–1651) - Richard Butler, 17th Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 17th Viscount MountgarretRichard Henry Piers Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Piers Henry Augustus Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret and Eglantine Christie...
(1936–2004) - Richard Butler (author)Richard Butler (author)Richard William Butler was a British dramatist and editor of The Referee magazine in the late Victorian period.He shared a joint pen name, Richard Henry, with Henry Chance Newton...
(1844–1928), British dramatist - Richard Butler (publisher)Richard Butler (publisher)Richard Butler, born: 11 November 1834 at Coteau du Lac, Lower Canada. died: 16 March 1925. Buried in Hamilton Cemetery. Editor, publisher, journalist and U.S. vice-consul in Hamilton, Ontario....
(1834–1925), Canadian publisher - Richard Girnt ButlerRichard Girnt ButlerRichard Girnt Butler was an American aerospace engineer for Lockheed, who later became the leader of the Christian Identity white supremacist group Aryan Nations.-Biography:...
(1918–2004), American founder of the Aryan Nations - Richard Butler (diplomat)Richard Butler (diplomat)Richard William Butler AC has served as an Australian diplomat, a United Nations weapons inspector and the Governor of Tasmania.-Life and career:...
(born 1942), Australian diplomat, arms inspector, and ex-Governor of Tasmania - Rich ButlerRich ButlerRichard Dwight Butler is a former outfielder for the Major League Baseball Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...
(born 1973), baseball player