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Sir Cyril Kendall Butler - Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG 166284
Bourton House circa 1910, home of the Butlers. Photo courtesy Paul Williams
The village of Bourton, home of the Butlers. Photo by Neil B. Maw
Sir Cyril Kendall Butler 1911 a Red Chalk sketch by William Roberts

Sir Cyril Kendall Butler's family of genius

Faringdon Advertiser
Sat 20 Sept, 1913
 
Bourton
 
Family Genius - 150 years’ Record
 
There is, perhaps, says The Daily Mail, no family in England which can show so extraordinary and well-maintained a record of high intellectual achievement, extending over several generations, as the Butlers. On Wednesday, Mr Spencer Perceval Butler celebrated his golden wedding with Mary, the only child of the Rev. Nicholas Kendall, of Bodmin, Cornwall ....
 
To read the remainder of the newspaper article please go HERE
 
To see various transactions including the financial affairs of Cyril Butler from the Bourton House papers see N3590
 
 
 
 
  • Year:
    1913
  • Place:
    Bourton
  • Ref:
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  • Item Ref:
    N507
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