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Butler Family Letters


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 305

Held at: University College London

Title: Butler Family Letters

Date(s): 1877-1911

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Butler | family
Galton | Sir | Francis | 1822-1911 | Knight | eugenicist Butler; Arthur Gray (1831-1909); Headmaster of Haileybury

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) married Louisa Jane Butler (d.1897) in 1853. Louisa's father was George Butler (1774-1853), dean of Peterborough and previously headmaster of Harrow School. Her mother was Sarah Maria Gray from Wembley Park, Middlesex. Louisa had many brothers and sisters, one of whom was Arthur Butler. She and Galton had no children.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters between the Butler family and Sir Francis Galton, and between members of the family. Many of the letters are from Galton to his brother-in-law Arthur Butler.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Open.

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Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented through Dorothy Middleton in 1983 by Arthur Butler's grandaughter, Mrs Christina Colvin, in memory of her father, Professor Harold Edgeworth Butler, Professor of Latin at University College London, 1911-1943.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects

Personal names
Butler | Arthur Gray | 1831-1909 | Headmaster of Haileybury
Butler | family
Butler | George | 1774-1853 | Headmaster of Harrow and Dean of Peterborough
Galton | Louisa Jane | d 1897 | née Butler | wife of Sir Francis Galton x Butler | Louisa Jane
Galton | Sir | Francis | 1822-1911 | Knight | eugenicist

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