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Butler was born at [[Coton House]], [[Churchover]], [[Warwickshire]] and studied at [[Eton College]]. He was the third son of Charles Lennox Butler, and a grandson of the [[Baron Dunboyne|13th Lord Dunboyne]]. He married Clara Maria née Francis in 1872 and had three sons, Charles Edward, Harry Francis, and Arthur Lennox.[{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1916.tb07954.x|title=Edward Arthur Butler|journal=Ibis|volume=58|issue=4|pages=644–645|year=1916|doi-access=free|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/377869}}][{{cite book |last1=Hussey |first1=Fabian |editor1-last=Pike |editor1-first=W. T. |title=East Anglia in the Twentieth Century: Contemporary Biographies |date=1912 |publisher=W. T. Pike & Co. |location=Brighton, Sussex}}] Butler was found dead in his garden at Winsford Hall, Stokesby, near Great Yarmouth 16 April 1916. A coroner's court held at Winsford Hall returned a verdict of “Suicide during temporary insanity”, Butler was 72 years old.[{{cite news |title=Tragedy at a Norfolk Hall |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005861/19160425/252/0008 |access-date=21 April 2026|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |work=East Suffolk Gazette |date=26 April 1916 |page=8 col.5 |quote=Inquest ... at Winsford Hall, Stokesby ... 'Edward Arthur Butler aged 72 ... found deceased ... verdict of suicide during temporary insanity.}}] |
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Butler was born at [[Coton House]], [[Churchover]], [[Warwickshire]] and studied at [[Eton College]]. He was the third son of Charles Lennox Butler, and a grandson of the [[Baron Dunboyne|13th Lord Dunboyne]]. He married Clara Maria née Francis in 1872 and had three sons, Charles Edward, Harry Francis, and Arthur Lennox.[{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1916.tb07954.x|title=Edward Arthur Butler|journal=Ibis|volume=58|issue=4|pages=644–645|year=1916|doi-access=free|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/377869}}][{{cite book |last1=Hussey |first1=Fabian |editor1-last=Pike |editor1-first=W. T. |title=East Anglia in the Twentieth Century: Contemporary Biographies |date=1912 |publisher=W. T. Pike & Co. |location=Brighton, Sussex}}] Butler was found dead in his garden at Winsford Hall, Stokesby, near Great Yarmouth on 16 April 1916. A coroner's court held at Winsford Hall returned a verdict of “Suicide during temporary insanity”, Butler was 72 years old.[{{cite news |title=Tragedy at a Norfolk Hall |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005861/19160425/252/0008 |access-date=21 April 2026|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |work=East Suffolk Gazette |date=26 April 1916 |page=8 col.5 |quote=Inquest ... at Winsford Hall, Stokesby ... 'Edward Arthur Butler aged 72 ... found deceased ... verdict of suicide during temporary insanity.}}] |