Butler Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Butler

Butler

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Butler history with Butler Family Crest
Suggested Readings for Butler
Surname Notables

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: German, Irish

Where did the German Butler family come from? What is the German coat of arms/family crest? When did the Butler family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

Spelling variations of this family name include: Butler, Buttlar, Büttner, Butlers, Butlern, Butlen, Butlinck, Buttler and many more.

First found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who traveled to the New World and established themselves along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries..

For more information on the last name Butler, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.

Suggested Readings for the name Butler

The Ancestry of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames by Pauline Ames Plimpton.
Della Elizabeth Butler Hudson Be.
: Her Family and Ancestors by Martha Ann Butler.

Some noteworthy people of the name Butler

Octavia Estelle Butler (1947-2006), American science fiction writer
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), American educationist
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893), American lawyer
Robert Olen Butler Jr. (b. 1945), American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1993
Robert Neil Butler (b. 1927), physician, gerontologist, and psychiatrist awarded the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Frederick Edward Robin Butler (b. 1938), Baron Butler of Brockwell, a retired British civil servant
General Geoffrey Butler,
Keith Butler, Consul General
Sir Milo Butler, Governor General of the Bahamas
David James Theobald Somerset Butler (b. 1953), 10th Earl of Carrick
Joseph Butler (1692-1752), English moral philosopher
Samuel Butler (1612-1680), British satirist
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), English author/painter/musician
Alban Butler (1710-1773), English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer
Lady Eleanor Butler (1745-1829), Irish recluse
Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828-1906), English social reformer
Reginald Cotterell Butler (1913-1981), English sculptor
Richard Austen Butler (1902-1982), English politician
Sir William Francis Butler (1838-1910), Irish soldier and author
Humphrey Butler, Irish nobleman, 1st Earl of Lanesborough
Richard Henry Piers Butler (1936-2004), Captain in the Irish Guards, 17th Viscount Mountgarret

Tell Me More About Family Crests

Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Butler family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Butler coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Butler genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Butler Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Butler Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.