Butler, Samuel (1797-1821)

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Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 14, 1791. S. of William, draper [and Lucy Brossell]. B. Jan. 30, 1774, at Kenilworth, Warws. School, Rugby. ' Matric. Michs. 1791; Scholar, 1792; Chancellor's medal; Browne medals; B.A. 1796; M.A. 1799; D.D. (Lit. Reg.) 1811. Fellow, 1797-8. Incorp. at Oxford, 1830. Ord. deacon (London) Aug. 27, 1797; priest, Aug. 12, 1798. Head Master of Shrewsbury School, 1798-1836. P.C. of Berwick Chapelry, near Shrewsbury, 1801-15. V. of Kenilworth, Warws., 1802-36. Preb. of Lichfield, 1807-39. Archdeacon of Derby, 1821-36. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1836-9. Married, at St Andrew's, Cambridge, Harriet, dau. of East Apthorp, B.D., R. of St Mary-le-Bow, London, Sept. 4, 1798. A distinguished schoolmaster, who may be said to have changed education in England, ‘to have created a great school and turned out scholars who achieved a marvellous array of University distinctions’ (see G. W. Fisher's, Annals of Shrewsbury School). Author, miscellaneous. Edited Æschylus. For a full account of his writings, literary and other controversies, see J. E. B. Mayor's edition of Thomas Baker's History of St John's College, II. 898-964; also The Life and Letters of Dr Samuel Butler, by his grandson, Samuel Butler. Died Dec. 4, 1839. Buried in St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury. Father of Thomas (1824). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV; D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)

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